Month: July 2023

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Isaiah 41:10 King James Version

10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Wisdom From Fellow Pilgrims

Christ has already Won the Battle, and the Church Maintains Christ’s Victory on earth.  If you desire to be victorious over the struggles you go through in life, explore the Victories of Christ in three major aspects: 1) the victory over eternal death, 2) the Victory over Satan, and 3) the victory over sin.

 

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1 John 4:12 King James Version

12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Romans 8:26 King James Version

26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

When the Holy Spirit Intercedes. The Spirit prays for us whether we are aware of it or not, but for our own comfort and confidence it is important that we should be aware of what the Spirit is doing on our behalf. God knows our hearts and is intimately acquainted with our groaning.

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2 Corinthians 3:18 King James Version

18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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Psalm 30:5 King James Version

5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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It is not difficult to see yourself through the lens of other people, and to wish you were all the different kaleidoscopic versions of you they wanted you to be. It is easy to regret, and keep regretting, ad infinitum, until our time runs out.
But it is not lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It is the regret itself. It’s the regret that makes us shrivel and wither and feel like our own and other people’s worst enemy.
We can’t tell if any of those other versions would of been better or worse. Those lives are happening, it is true, but you are happening as well, and that is the happening we have to focus on.”   

― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

 

 

 

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1 John 4:18 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love [a]turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear [b]brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection].

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“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don’t necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can’t accept, but still a religion, it doesn’t matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn’t the fear of God but the upholding of one’s own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that: “A quiet conscience makes one strong!”  

― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

 

 

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Matthew 7:8 King James Version

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

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“Perseverance is the faculty which gives us the power to accomplish a piece of work without allowing ourselves to be turned aside from our purpose either by the initial difficulties involved or by the obstacles that  multiply themselves as we progress with our task.  The people who possess perseverance are of the type that is able to keep walking steadily in the path that has been chosen, despite the pitfalls encountered along the way.”

― Excerpt from Perseverance How To Develop It, by H Besser,  1915

 

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1 John 5:14-15 King James Version

14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.”
Thus: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

― Dieter F. Uchtdorf

 

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Revelation 4:11 King James Version

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

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“How can a three-pound mass of jelly that you can hold in your palm imagine angels, contemplate the meaning of infinity, and even question its own place in the cosmos? Especially awe inspiring is the fact that any single brain, including yours, is made up of atoms that were forged in the hearts of countless, far-flung stars billions of years ago. These particles drifted for eons and light-years until gravity and change brought them together here, now. These atoms now form a conglomerate- your brain- that can not only ponder the very stars that gave it birth but can also think about its own ability to think and wonder about its own ability to wonder. With the arrival of humans, it has been said, the universe has suddenly become conscious of itself. This, truly, it the greatest mystery of all.”  

― V.S. Ramachandran, The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human

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Deuteronomy 31:8 King James Version

8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

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― King James Version, Public Domain

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Colossians 4:2 King James Version

2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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“The act of praying id the very highest energy of which the human mind is capable” Coleridge
The human soul never outgrows prayer. A man may well give himself to the deepening and purifying of his prayer, for it is as natural in human life as thought.

― Excerpt from The Meaning of Prayer, Harry Emerson Fosdick