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Why is being a servant such an important aspect of faith? It’s simple. If you cannot obey and serve someone you can see, will you really be able to obey and serve God whom you cannot? ↗

— Paul B. Heidt

#faith #god #obey #serve #faith

Panentheistic doctrine contains all of deism and pandeism except their arbitrary negations. ↗

— Charles Hartshorne

#deism #faith #god #logic #pandeism

I always believe in the magical things ... if you don't believe, you can't receive. ↗

— Maximilian Brunsdon

#faith #magic #faith

Eternity is not just looking to the future and our place with God in Heaven, but it is looking at our Eternity as if it were only moments away. ↗

— Beth Nimmo

#believe #inspiration #inspirational #jesus #jesus-christ

As our faith grows and we come to know more about the attributes of God and his role in our lives and our obedience, we learn to see our weakness in light of these words, "For is it God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure" (Phil. 2:13). ↗

— Hayley DiMarco

#faithfulness #god #life #lives #obedience

Maybe the best thing we can do for our spouses is give them permission to forgive themselves. ↗

— Justin Davis

#faith #forgiveness #marriage #faith

...it is a mistake to reduce every decision about Christian living to a "Heaven-or-Hell issue." For example, some ask if the Bible specifically says a certain action is a "sin" or will send them to "Hell." If not, they feel free to indulge in that action unreservedly and ignore any scriptural principles involved. But this approach is legalistic, which means living by rules or basing salvation on works. It treats the Bible as a law book, focusing on the letter and looking for loopholes. By contrast, the Bible tells us that we are saved by grace through faith, not by our works (Ephesians 2:8-9). Grace teaches us how to live righteously, and faith leads us into obedience. (See Titus 2:11-12; Romans1:5; Hebrews 11:7-8.) ↗

— David K. Bernard

#christian #faith #grace #heaven #hell

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. ↗

— Alberto Moravia

#faith #insincerity #pretense #religion #faith

Hope is magic. Hope is a gift. Hope is a raft we cling to in the midst of a storm. Hope by nature is an independent of logic. Hope is power outside of the facts. The human mind longs for something better. Hope is not rational. Yet who need rationality when God is on our side? The capacity of hope is the most significant fact in life. ↗

— Tommy Tran

#christian #christianity #faith #god #hope

Serve God, love me, and mend.: ↗

— William Shakespeare

#getting-better #love #faith