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“As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low.”

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John Flavel (1627-1691) was a prominent English author and theologian, whose works hold a significant place in Puritan literature. He is best known for his book 'The Mystery of Providence,' which explores the role of God in human life. more

“Here lies the tremendous mystery - that God should be all-powerful, yet refuse to coerce. He summons us to cooperation. We are honored in being given the opportunity to participate in his good deeds. Remember how He asked for help in performing his miracles: Fill the water pots, stretch out your hand, distribute the loaves.”

Source: A Lamp for My Feet: The Bible's Light for Daily Living

“The longer you delay, the more your sin gets strength and rooting. If you cannot bend a twig, how will you be able to bend it when it is a tree?”

Ifs Able Sin Tree Delay Twigs

Book:The practical works of Richard Baxter: with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by William Orme

Source: The practical works of Richard Baxter: with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by William Orme

“Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing that a sinner can reasonably hope for.”

Mind Waiting Keys Ought Blessing Conscience Sinner Make Up Your Mind

Book:Sermons for the Christian year

Source: Sermons for the Christian year

“The Christian has a great advantage over other men, not by being less fallen than they, nor less doomed to live in a fallen world, but by knowing that he is a fallen man in a fallen world.”

Men World Christian Knowing Advantage Fallen Doomed Fallen World

Book:The World's Last Night: And Other Essays

Source: The World's Last Night: And Other Essays

“God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.”

Doe Conditions Discipline Usefulness Blessedness

Author:Billy Graham

“The people of God are not merely to mark time, waiting for God to step in and set right all that is wrong. Rather, they are to model the new heaven and new earth, and by so doing awaken longings for what God will someday bring to pass.”

Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud

“A quiet morning with a loving God puts the events of the upcoming day into proper perspective.”

Morning Events Perspective Quiet Loving God

Author:Janette Oke

“Next to the wicked lives of men, nothing is so great a disparagement and weakening to religion as the divisions of Christians.”

Men Christian Next Wicked Division Weakening

Book:The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ...: containing two hundred sermons and discourses ... To which are annexed prayers composed by him for his own use; a discourse to his servants before the Sacrament; and a form of prayer composed by him, for the use of King William ... together with tables to the whole ...

Source: The works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson ...: containing two hundred sermons and discourses ... To which are annexed prayers composed by him for his own use; a discourse to his servants before the Sacrament; and a form of prayer composed by him, for the use of King William ... together with tables to the whole ...

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