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Of course, I quiet agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable discomfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in the dismay and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay. In religion, as in war and everything else, comfort is one thing you cannot get looking for it. If you look for the truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth-only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and the in the end, despair. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#truth #inspirational

The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name: some of them are clergymen. There are other people who are slowly becoming Christians though they do not yet call themselves so. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#clergy #conversion #inspirational #inspirational

. . . a statement that is repugnant to one's beliefs can be as true as one that is pleasurable. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#classic-literature #inspirational-fiction #literary #inspirational

Doesn't the expansiveness of this make you think of the good Lord? Except we know the ocean ends while He goes on forever. ↗

— Mindy Starns Clark

#inspirational #inspirational

Are you weary, are you heavy-hearted? Tell it to Jesus. ↗

— Wanda Brunstetter

#inspirational #inspirational

I spend a lot of time looking up. ↗

— Erica Goros

#god #guidance #help #inspiration #self-help

When God hears us worshipping Him, that alone makes Him feel worthwhile to be God! ↗

— Raphael Ben Levi

#inspirational #jewishness #messianic #inspirational

It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#christian-living #inspirational #journey #trusting-god #home

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is. ↗

— Larry Burkett

#inspirational-quotes #inspirational

Just as you cannot stop a bird from flying over your head, in the same way you cannot stop the devil from dropping ideas into your mind. However, in the same way that you can stop a bird from building a nest on your head, you can stop the Enemy’s suggestions from wandering without restriction and taking root in your mind. ↗

— Pedro Okoro

#inspirational #spiritual-warfare #inspirational