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Some nonreligious people are disgruntled by the word "faith," feeling that it has no connection to them. But we all have faith. Broadly speaking, "faith" does not apply only to belief in the supernatural. We have faith in our life, for example, believing we will live to see tomorrow, or in our health, believing we have years of healthy life ahead of us. Husbands and wives, parents and children have faith in one another. ↗

— Kentetsu Takamori

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It all begins with goodness in the heart. ↗

— Bjorn Street

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The burning zeal....that had led her to India had apparently vanished. At the same time....she clung steadfastly to the faith she professed, and without a drop of consolation, labored wholeheartedly in her daily service....of the poor. ↗

— Brian Kolodiejchuk

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In the spiritual body moreover, man appears such as he is with respect to love and faith, for everyone in the spiritual world is the effigy of his own love, not only as to the face and the body, but also as to the speech and the actions ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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While fear depletes power, faith gives wings for the soul’s elevation. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

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bad days makes you stronger, those are the best days because God is talking to you. you just have to listen closely. Don't let your tears become louder than his voice. ↗

— Les Simple

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Addressing the concept of man made additions to the faith - “These additions- standards, practices, and allegiances supposedly created for our spiritual benefit- have had the opposite effect. ↗

— Ed Galisewski

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Life with Jesus is for eternity- but it starts today. Eternity may come with Heaven, but it must start today- here on earth. Don't waste a day. ↗

— Katherine Henson

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Trying to justify a world we don't hold all the answers to is what bedevils the best of us. Sometimes it's better just to accept that things are as we see them. ↗

— Megan Chance

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Yet, Step 2 and AA spirituality is about nothing if it isn’t about faith in God. Many good reasons exist why AA makes a distinction between religion and spirituality, but a denial of God is not one of them. – p. 127 ↗

— Ray A.

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