"Let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting . . . Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well."
-- Mother Teresa
"Christ took our sins and the sins of the whole world as well as the Father's wrath on his shoulders, and he has drowned them both in himself so that we are thereby reconciled to God and become completely righteous."
-- Martin Luther
"The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'"
-- Billy Graham
"When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!"
-- John Wesley
"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing yet had been done."
-- C. S. Lewis
"Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God."
-- Amy Carmichael
"Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn."
-- Charles Wesley
"Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God."
-- John Calvin
"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
-- Mark Twain
"My dear Jesus, my Savior, is so deeply written in my heart, that I feel confident, that if my heart were to be cut open and chopped to pieces, the name of Jesus would be found written on every piece."
-- St. Ignatius of Antioch
"The Bible does have a plot. The main story of the Bible follows this outline:
1. God created the universe and populated heaven and earth.
2. The rebellion of some angels and all humans resulted in guilt and death.
3. God worked to reconcile with those men who would trust Him.
4. God will eternally reward those who love Him and punish all others."
-- Bob Enyart
"The biggest fact about Joseph's tomb was that it wasn't a tomb at all - it was a room for a transient. Jesus just stopped there...on His way back to glory."
-- Herbert Booth Smith
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