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“I often feel the pressure, from my peers and others, to come out and take a stand on a moral or social issue. Typically, I refuse to do so, or at least I refuse to do so in a way that will please m...”
“the grace is being able to like rock music,symphony music, jazz anything that contains the original energy ofjoy.”
“If you, free as you are of every weighthad stayed below, then that would be as strangeas living flame on earth remaining still."And then she turned her gaze up toward the heavens.”
“God gives us these raw, little people, and we have to form them and mold them and teach them how to operate in society. And if we get a glimpse of all the ugliness that lies right beneath our own p...”
“When we lay the soil of our hard lives opened the rain of grace and let Joy permeate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be...”
“I did not have all the answers. I did not know if Id deserved Gods grace or wrath, or what would become of me if I ever fled this town.But I did know how to shoot a gun. - Skylla Warden”
“Obedience makes our heart receptive to what God has already done. It doesnt move Him; His heart is always aflame toward us. Generally, this revelation is not taught correctly by well-meaning minist...”
“The saints shall persevere in holiness, because God perseveres in grace.”
“There is no question of doing is purely on our own. But we must act. Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. And it is well-directed, decisive, and sustained effort that is the key to the keys ...”
“Quietly...softly, God taps on our tense shoulders with His love.”
“He would know a number of grown women in his life who did not possess even a small portion of the grace his middle sister owned at the age of fourteen.”
“Besides," she says, eyes twinkling mischievously, "it'd never work out between us. I'm still holding a candle for Professor Haven.""How could I compete with a middle-aged English professor?""Well,"...”
“We are no longer under the 'Law', but rather the Grace of God in Christ."~R. Alan Woods [2013]”
“So," she says, "What's got you so busy?""What?" he says, "Oh, um, I was trying to perfect my telepathy." Grace gasps and bulges her eyes out very wide. "Areyou okay?" he asks, finally, after she sh...”
“Hey, if you're going to say what I think you're going to saywait, are you going to say it? he asked, smiling down at me.Yes, yes I think so. I grinned shyly back.Well, then I think we should say it...”
“Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.”
“One of these days you who are now a 'babe' in Christ shall be a 'father' in the church. Hope for this great thing; but hope for it as a gift of grace, and not as the wages of work, or as the produc...”
“Secrets arent the same as lying,' Vaughn commented, because they both had the muddiest of ethics, which was an odd thing to have in common.”
“The wave is the signature of every experience of life. By understanding the nature of waves and their characteristics, and applying that understanding to our lives, we can navigate life with a litt...”
“Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natu...”
