#blessing

For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed. ↗

— John Tillotson

#communion #eucharist #god #lord-s-supper #sacraments

It certainly is the duty of every true Christian, to esteem himself a stranger and pilgrim in this world; and as bound to use earthly blessings, not as means of satisfying lust or gratifying wantonness, but of supplying his absolute wants and necessities. ↗

— Johann Arndt

#blessings #bound #certainly #christian #duty

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend. ↗

— Euripides

#blessing #friend #life #like #prudent

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#blessing #like #man #mandela #nelson

I just thank God for all of the blessings. ↗

— James Brown

#god #i #just #thank #thank god

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. ↗

— John Calvin

#blessings #committed #condition #deposits #dispensed

A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm. ↗

— James Thomas Fields

#barn #blessing #crown #descend #door

Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own. ↗

— Harold Coffin

#blessings #counting #envy #fellow #instead

If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#any #blessings #children #decide #feel

Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#ask #blessings #experience #prayer #receive