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We are in God’s hands. We can’t come up with a surprise big enough or a sin vile enough to thwart His plan. If we allow Him to refine us we will inevitably end up free from the impurities that separate us from Him. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

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One of the most striking things about the New Testament teaching on homosexuality is that, right on the heels of the passages that condemn homosexual activity, there are, without exception, resounding affirmations of God's extravagant mercy and redemption. God condemns homosexual behavior and amazingly, profligately, at great cost to himself, lavishes his love on homosexual persons. ↗

— Wesley Hill

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God is merciful cant we all be on the right track of faith but just using different roads? ↗

— Ali Al-Ahmed

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We know not whom God loves nor whom He hates. ↗

— John Mandeville

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What is the basic difference between saying 'I know that God exists' and saying 'I know that love exists'? ↗

— Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Sourozh

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After a Retreat What hast thou learnt today? Hast thou sounded awful mysteries, Hast pierced the veiled skies, Climbed to the feet of God, Trodden where saints have trod, Fathomed the heights above? Nay, This only have I learnt, that God is love. What hast thou heard today? Hast heard the Angel-trumpets cry, And rippling harps reply; Heard from the Throne of flame Whence God incarnate came Some thund'rous message roll? Nay, This have I heard, His voice within my soul. What hast thou felt today? The pinions of the Angel guide That standeth at thy side In rapturous ardours beat Glowing, from head to feet, In ecstasy divine? Nay, This only have felt, Christ's hand in mine. ↗

— Robert Hugh Benson

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Never does our good God leave us save to hold us better; never does He let go of us save to keep us better; never does He wrestle with us save to give Himself up to us and to bless us. ↗

— St. Francis de Sales

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Faith looks to God, hopes in God, and believes in His promises, regardless of our actual circumstances. ↗

— Wendy Blight

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Behind calvary is the throne of heaven. ↗

— James S. Stewart

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Faith is ultimately a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts by the Holy Spirit ↗

— Jean Calvin

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