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Intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought! The Word of God teems with its marvelous deeds. Believer, thou hast a mighty engine in thy hand, use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith, and thou shalt surely be a benefactor to thy brethren. ↗

— C.H.SPURGEON

#prayer #faith

There's no guarantee of disaster-free in any world religion, but love, faith and knowledge give men hope and willpower. ↗

— Toba Beta

#guarantee #hope #inspirational #knowledge #life

Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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But what we did yesterday isn't ever really the point or the question.The question is, are you open, by virtue of your relationship with this new Lover of yours, to being challenged in new ways, invited in new ways, to participate in what God is doing? The overwhelming testimony of the Bible is that too many finish growing long before they have finished living, and so they complete their days sitting on their assets. That's hardly the abundant life that Jesus came to give. ↗

— Richard Dahlstrom

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S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer." (If God did not exist he would have to be invented.) ↗

— Voltaire

#god #religion #faith

God can't clean the house of you when you're still in it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#grace #faith

Even the most political poem is an act of faith. ↗

— Martin Espada

#poetry #faith

Our yearnings for happiness were implanted in our hearts by Diety. They represent a kind of homesickness, for we have a residual memory of our premortal existence. They are also a foretaste of the fullness of Joy that is promised to the faithful. ↗

— Jack H. Goaslind

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The question is not, who uses faith and who uses reason? Everyone uses both. The question instead should be, who has the most reasonable faith? ↗

— J.F. Baldwin

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If you do not love, you will not be alive; if you love effectively, you will be killed. ↗

— Herbert McCabe

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