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A collection of quotes that speak to the heart, mind and soul:

• "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
• Christians believe in sharing the Good News in persuasion but not coercion. The invitation can be announced, yet also freely rejected; a theocracy is not the plan.
• The LORD is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1
• "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training...Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave" 1 Corinthians 9:25-27
• God claims by grace those who have no claim to grace.
• Poverty of purpose is far worse than poverty of purse.
• "When you are too sure about God and faith, you are sure of something other than God: of dogma, of the church, of a particular interpretation of the Bible. But God cannot be pigeonholed. We must press toward certainty, but be suspicious when it comes too glibly." - S. Wiersma
• "Morality, like art, consists in drawing a line somewhere. " G.K. Chesterton
• "The nature of water is soft and that of stone is hard; but if a bottle is hung above the stone, allowing the water to fall drop by drop, it wears away the stone. So it is with the Word of God; it is soft and our heart is hard, but the man who hears the Word of God often, opens his heart to the fear of God."
• We shouldn't be concerned if God is on our side; rather we should pray and worry earnestly whether we are on God's side. - God's Politics
• In a changing world, you can trust God's unchanging Word.
• The outcome of faith is a more complete understanding of truth than was possible otherwise.
• The outcome of seeking, knowing, and following Christ is a complete, coherent, and abundant life of which no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.
• Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. --1 Samuel 16:7
• God's love does not keep us from trials but sees us through them.
• "We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously." - C.S Lewis
• To love to teach is one thing--to love those you teach is quite another.
• Take the fear out of living by putting your faith in the living God.
• We plant the seed; God gives the harvest.
• Even when we don't sense God's presence, His loving care is all around us.
• We experience God's strength in the strain of our struggle.
• Don't let self-confidence replace your trust in God.
• "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Hebrews 11:1).
• Christ opens the door of heaven to those who open their heart to Him.
• When you think of all that's good, give your thanks to God.
• "But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere." --James 3:17
• The omnipresence of God means that God in His incorruptible glory is right here, right now; a presence we can always ignore but never evade; and it means that at no other point in time or place can God be nearer to you than He is right now.
• Many Christians do nothing, but no Christian has nothing to do.
• A life lived for God leaves a lasting legacy.
• Prayer can be treated like a spare tire or like an engine. How do you think God wants us to use prayer?
• We are saved not by what we do, but by trusting what Christ has done.
• It's better to declare the truth and be rejected than to withhold it just to be accepted.
• Within each one of us there is a God-shaped vacuum that only God can fill. --Pascal
• We may whitewash sin, but only Jesus' blood can truly wash it white.
• Serving others is a way of thanking God.
• Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. --Mark 12:30
• Character is both developed and revealed by tests, and all of life is a test.
• While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two: heaven or hell.
• Salvation is given, not earned.
• By the way, what are you living for? --Haddon Robinson
• No one is hopeless whose hope is in God.
• A faith that costs nothing and demands nothing is worth nothing.
• Because God is with us, we need not fear what lies ahead.
• So I must stop worrying about the wind and the clouds and get on with it--scattering the seed wherever I go, regardless of the weather. You just never know. --David Ropepp
• Genuine faith stays strong when deliverance seems distant.
• "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" --Acts 16:31
• "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you" --Ephesians 4:32
• "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature" --Mark 16:15
• A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. --Proverbs 16:9
• God loves every one of us as if there were but one of us to love. --Augustine
• Believing Christ died--that's history; believing Christ died for me---that's salvation.
• When Jesus rules the heart, peace reigns.
• A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. --Proverbs 16:9
• Compassion is love in action.
• "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7
• What you will be tomorrow depends on the choices you make today.
• "People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn back, and 3. they no longer have plans of their own." --A.W. Tozer
• Peace with God means conflict with the world.
• Unless a person takes charge of them, both work and free time are likely to be disappointing.
• Salvation is less a reward for the righteous than it is a gift for the guilty.
• Prayer always works. But beware: through it God may work upon us in ways we would never have anticipated.
• Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
• The safest road to Hell is the gradual one -- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. - C.S. Lewis
• Walk so close to God that nothing can come between.
• Do not plead "Lord help me", but rather "Lord help yourself to me".
• Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. -James 5:16
• Obeying the letter of the law is good; obeying the spirit of the law is better.
• Our unknown future is secure in the hands of our all-knowing God.
• Those who fear God need not fear the world.
• You are not your own. . . . You were bought at a price. --1 Corinthians 6:19-20
• The smartest people know that God knows best.
• Give Satan an inch and he will be a ruler.
• Knees down, chin up.
• "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive" 1 Cor. 15:22
• To conquer sin, nip it in the bud of temptation.
• "But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere." James 3:17
• Temptation: we never really know the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we tri to figet against it.
• Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it.