#sovereignty

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#enough #eroticism #individual #justification #me

For me, everything is still possible and I am as determined as ever. I believe first that the project of a people does not die. It is the project of freedom for a people, it is a project of sovereignty. And since the nation exists, it has the right to its own state. I will work to advance it in that direction. ↗

— Pauline Marois

#am #believe #determined #die #direction

On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this country and the nation's first Americans. That's included a new relationship where the sovereignty of tribes is in fact recognized. ↗

— Ken Salazar

#between #country #fact #first #front

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#apparent #benefit #does #entail #loss

I have learned to kiss the wave that drives me against the Rock of Ages. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#faith #sovereignty-of-god #trials #age

Moses had yet to learn about El-Olam, God of eternity, or God, the Everlasting One. His sovereignty extends through the passing of time and beyond our ability to see or understand. Moses would have to learn to trust in God's sovereign plan in allowing his life to be touched by adoption. (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages) ↗

— Beth Willis Miller

#god-s-sovereignty #age

The Bible attitude is not that God sends sickness or that sickness is of the devil, but that sickness is a fact usable by both God and the devil. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#sickness #sovereignty-of-god #attitude

When we understand the character of God, when we grasp something of His holiness, then we begin to understand the radical character of our sin and hopelessness. Helpless sinners can survive only by grace. Our strength is futile in itself; we are spiritually impotent without the assistance of a merciful God. We may dislike giving our attention to God's wrath and justice, but until we incline ourselves to these aspects of God's nature, we will never appreciate what has been wrought for us by grace. Even Edwards's sermon on sinners in God's hands was not designed to stress the flames of hell. The resounding accent falls not on the fiery pit but on the hands of the God who holds us and rescues us from it. The hands of God are gracious hands. They alone have the power to rescue us from certain destruction. ↗

— R.C. Sproul

#sovereignty-of-god #design

If we teach Truth but not the Source of Truth, we don't really succeed in passing on our faith. ↗

— Kevin Thoman

#relationship-with-god #sovereignty-of-god #faith

God is the Lord of human history and of the personal history of every member of His redeemed family. ↗

— Margaret Clarkson

#sovereignty-of-god #family