“That historian or scholar who delights in pointing out the weaknesses and frailties of present or past leaders destroys faith. A destroyer of faith — particularly one within the Church, and more particularly one who is employed specifically to build faith — places himself in great spiritual jeopardy. He is serving the wrong master, and unless he repents, he will not be among the faithful in the eternities. Do not spread disease germs!” PastSpiritualChurchLeaderMastersDiseaseWeaknessEternityDelightSpreadFaithfulServingHistorianScholarEmployedRepentPointingGermsFrailtyDestroyersJeopardyGreat Spiritual Author:Boyd K. Packer
“O eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread.” FirstsStillsNightAbilityEternalBeatsWeaknessEternitySightRaisedBelovedRaysDreadSighBlazingAbility To See Author:Saint Augustine
“The fact that, with time, this League [of Nations]-which was presumably designed by its founders to exist for all eternity-cannot be coupled with a Treaty the short term of which is inherent in its own weaknesses and impracticabilities, is a point which can perhaps be contested by today's interested parties, but which will one day be deemed a matter of course in history.” MatterFactsTodayCoursesNationsTermPartyOne DayWeaknessEternityLeagueInherentFoundersShort TermTreatiesLeague Of Nations Author:Adolf Hitler
“Just as I do not know where I came from, so I do not know where I am going. All I know is that when I leave this world I shall fall forever into oblivion, or into the hands of an angry God, without knowing which of the two will be my lot for eternity. Such is my state of mind, full of weakness and uncertainty. The only conclusion I can draw from all this is that I must pass my days without a thought of trying to find out what is going to happen to me.” KnowsWorldTryingMindI CanTwoStatesHandsHappensFallForeverKnowingThis WorldDrawsWeaknessEternityAngryConclusionUncertaintyState Of MindOblivion Book:The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent Source: The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent
“[Jesus] matters because of what he brought and what he still brings to ordinary human beings, living their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weaknesses he gives us strength and and imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity." (Dallas Willard in Ruthless Trust - Brennan Manning)” GivingHumansStillsMatterJesusHuman BeingsQualityPromiseOrdinaryWeaknessEternityWholenessCompanionshipSurroundingsRuthlessCopingImpartOrdinary LifeDallas Author:Brennan Manning
“I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.” ThinkingBelieveTodayChurchWeaknessProgramEternityFocusedTechniqueScriptureLife ChangingMethodologyPower To ChangeAnything And EverythingChurch Today Author:R. C. Sproul
“Live long enough and all weaknesses will be illuminated, but again perhaps that is not all bad for cannot they then begin to become strengths?” LongEnoughTimeWeaknessEternity Author:Rick Bass
“The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.” MenWorldMadeSoulHomeLightTimeDarkViewsEternalDrawsWeaknessEternityStrongerLeavingDecayWiserThresholdCottagesChinks Author:Edmund Waller
“Surrender your will to Him. Unconditionally. Withhold nothing. Turn it all over to Him; all of your desires, wishes, dreams and hopes. Trust in Him. Trust Him who knows all things. Trust Him who has all power. Trust Him whose love for you is perfect. Trust Him, who alone suffered, paid, and atoned for you sins, and for your weaknesses as well. Trust Him that He will make of you immeasurably more than what you will ever, ever, in all eternity make of yourself. He will create of you a masterpiece. You will create of you only a smudge. You will create an ordinary man. He will create a God.” KnowsMenWellsDreamDesireTurnsWishSinPerfectOrdinaryWeaknessAll ThingsEternityPaidSurrenderMasterpieceOrdinary Man Author:Lawrence E. Corbridge
“Prayer gives us strength for great ideals, for keeping up our faith, charity, purity, generosity; prayer gives us strength to rise up from indifference and guilt, if we have had the misfortune to give in to temptation and weakness. Prayer gives us light by which to see and to judge from God's perspective and from eternity. That is why you must not give up on praying!” IfsGivingLightPrayerJudgingPerspectivePrayingGiving UpWeaknessIdealsEternityGuiltCharityTemptationGenerosityIndifferencePurityMisfortunesNot Giving UpGreat Idea Author:Pope John Paul II