“All of us who desire the kingdom of God are, by the Lord's decree, under an equal and rigorous necessity of seeking after the grace of Baptism.” DesireLordGraceEqualSeekingKingdomsKingdom Of GodBaptismDecreeBaptized In Book:Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9) Source: Ascetical Works (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 9)
“Men will gamble and plot and fight and fall, all for the winning of a trophy. A woman's heart, a piece of land, a kingdom, a lordship, a contract, a ship, an egg -- it hardly matters the which or the what, as soon as it is seen to be desired by one, another will make a prize of it.” MenHeartMatterDesireFallFightingWinningPiecesLandKingdomsShipsPlotPrizeEggsContractsGambleTrophiesLordship Author:Jeanette Winterson
“We were meant to do more than make sure that all of our needs are fulfilled and all our desires are satisfied. We were never meant to be self-focused little kings ruling miniscule little kingdoms with a population of one.” NeedsLittlesSelfDesireKingsPopulationFocusedSatisfiedKingdomsMeant To BeFulfilledRuling Author:Paul David Tripp
“[W]e must first experience the kingdom if we are even to know what kind of freedom and what kind of equality we should desire. Christian freedom lies in service, Christian equality is equality before God, and neither can be achieved through the coercive efforts of liberal idealists who would transform the world into their image.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldFirstsKindChristianLyingDesireEffortKingdomsIdealistChristian Freedom Author:Stanley Hauerwas
“Why pray for the Kingdom of God to come unless you have in your heart a desire and a willingness to aid in its establishment? Praying for His will to be done and then not trying to live it, gives you a negative answer at once. You would not grant something to a child who showed that attitude towards a request he is making of you. If we pray for the success of some cause or enterprise, manifestly we are in sympathy with it. It is the height of disloyalty to pray for God's will to be done, and then fail to conform our lives to that will.” IfsGivingTryingHeartChildrenDoneDesireCausesAnswersAttitudeOur LivesFailingPrayingNegativeAidsGods WillKingdomsHeightEnterpriseGrantsWillingnessEstablishmentConformKingdom Of GodRequestPraying To GodDisloyalty Author:David O. McKay
“Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate. How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days! Set your faces steadily towards the Light of the World. Show love to all... Take courage! God never forsakes His children who strive and work and pray! Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquillity and harmony may encircle all this warring world. So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the Kingdom of God in peace and goodwill.” WorldHeartMayChildrenShowsLightFacesDesireHateEffortImpossibleEventsPrayingDespairAnd LoveUniversalHarmonyFilledStriveKingdomsConquerThese DaysYour FaceSincerityBrotherhoodCrownsKingdom Of GodGoodwillForsakeTranquillityLight Of The World Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“In language at once stark and delicate, Suki Kim shatters the polemic of North and South Korea. She couples an investigative reporter's fierce desire to strip away the fiction of the Hermit Kingdom with an immigrant's insatiable hunger for an emotional home, no matter how troubled and no matter how impossible.” MatterHomeDesireLanguageFictionImpossibleEmotionalCoupleSouthHungerKingdomsImmigrantsDelicateFierceReportersKoreaStarksInsatiableKimHermitsSouth KoreaNorth And SouthPolemicsInsatiable Hunger Author:Monique Truong
“Jesus has many lovers of His kingdom of heaven, but he has few bearers of His Cross. Many desire His consolation, but few desire His tribulation. He finds many comrades in eating and drinking, but He finds few hands who will be with Him in His abstinence and fastingBut those who love Jesus purely for Himself, and not for their own profit or convenience, bless Him as heartily in temptation and tribulation and in all other adversities as they do in time of consolation. And if He never sent them consolation, they would still bless and praise Him.” IfsStillsHandsDesireJesusHeavenLoversEatingCrossesPraiseAdversityDrinkingProfitKingdomsTemptationBlessConsolationConvenienceComradeTribulationKingdom Of HeavenAbstinenceJesus LoveEating And Drinking Author:Thomas a Kempis