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Part of what we pick up in looking at Jesus in the gospel is a way of viewing the whole world. That worldview informs all our values and deeply shapes our thinking and decision-making. Another part of what we absorb is greater confidence in Jesus' counsel and his promises. This has its own powerful effect on what we fear and desire and choose. Another part of what we take up from beholding the glory of Christ is greater delight in his fellowship and deeper longing to see him in heaven. This has its own liberating effect from the temptations of this world. All these have their own peculiar way of changing us into the likeness of Christ. Therefore, we should not think that pursuing likeness to Christ has no other components than just looking at Jesus. Looking at Jesus produces holiness along many different paths. ↗

— John Piper

#god #holiness #jesus-christ #sanctification #change

If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love. ↗

— Alphonsus Liguori

#attachment #break #bring #confidence #draw

Pray in your family daily, that yours may be in the number of the families who call upon God. ↗

— Christopher Love

#call #daily #families #god #may

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me. ↗

— Jane Grey

#although #attention #attentions #death #desires

When my babe was born, they said it was premature. It weighed only four pounds; but God let it live. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#born #four #god #live #only

Taking part in your own creation is as simple as changing your mind. The way you think literally creates your everyday reality. Obsessive and negative thinking fosters a negative or even hostile lifestyle. Positive and constructive thoughts create happiness and contentment in the same manor. The fortunate thing for us is that the frequency wave of a positive thought far exceeds that of a negative one, so even if we suffer through a bout of depression or anger, a few positive thoughts can easily reverse the damage we have created in ourselves ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit #inspirational

There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. ↗

— Sarah Miles

#every #god #little #little bit #woman

Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving. ↗

— Dan Millman

#devil #energy #form #god #greedy

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends. ↗

— Addison Mizner

#choose #friends #gives #god #our

All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact. ↗