“The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life; and love and faith create a desire for perfection and the power of reaching towards it step by step; create the future, in short, of which the living symbol is the child, link between us and the generations to come.” MenFirstsChildrenMotherDesireStepsTeachGenerationsHolyKissingPerfectionAnd LoveSymbolsReachingLinksLife And LoveFirst KissHope And FaithChildren LoveFaith And Love Book:The Duties of Man and Other Essays Source: The Duties of Man and Other Essays
“The first step to forgiveness is the desire to do it, no matter how you feel toward the person who hurt you. Then you make the decision to do it which means it's a firm decision that won't change when your feelings change. The next step is to depend on the Holy Spirit to help you do what you've decided to do.” FeelsFirstsMeanPersonsMatterHelpingFeelingsSpiritDesireNextHurtDecisionStepsDependsHolyDecidedFirmHoly SpiritFirst StepsHow You FeelNext StepsFirm DecisionsFeelings Change Author:Joyce Meyer
“Are we willing to risk being misunderstood and maligned in order that truth might be told and men might be saved? Identifying a malady and explaining its seriousness are always the first steps to finding a cure... God has ordained that men come to conviction of sin, repentance, and saving faith through preaching. Yet how can the [Holy] Spirit use our preaching if we are not willing to expose sin or call men to repentance?” IfsMenFirstsUseMightSpiritOrderSinStepsRiskWillingHolyFindingsConvictionSavedCuresSavingHoly SpiritCall MeRepentanceFirst StepsPreachingMisunderstoodExplainingSeriousnessIdentifyingMaladyBeing Misunderstood Author:Paul Washer
“God's will is clear about many things. We're to be holy. I like the metaphor that his Word is a lamp to our feet. A lamp may help guide my next one or two steps, but it's not a crystal ball into the future.” MayTwoHelpingNextStepsClearFeetHolyBallsMetaphorGuidesGods WillLampsCrystalsCrystal Ball Author:Craig Groeschel
“God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.” SpiritLeadershipStepsHolyDirectGods WillHoly SpiritArrogantImmoralInsensitiveUnforgiving Author:Charles Stanley
“And just for a moment I had reached the point of ecstasy that I always wanted to reach, which was the complete step across chronological time into timeless shadows, and wonderment in the bleakness of the mortal realm, and the sensation of death kicking at my heels to move on, wiht a phantom dogging its own heels, and myself hurrying to a plank where all the angels dove off and flew into the holy void of uncreated emptiness, the potent and inconceivable radiancies shining in bright Mind Essence, innumerable lotus-lands falling open in the magic mothswarm of heaven. - Sal Paradise” MindMomentsWantedMovingFallHeavenStepsMagicLandHolyAngelShadowEssenceShiningMortalsRealmsParadiseEmptinessSensationsEcstasyVoidHeelsTimelessFlewKickingDovePhantomsHurryingLotusesBleakness Author:Jack Kerouac
“One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child. He was the Fourth to follow the Star. His gift was a secret. The rest of his journey is unknown.” GivingChildrenFacesStarsSecretStepsJourneyKingsHolyGiving UpLifetimeSakeKingdomsRemoveFourthCrownsReinsOnce In A Lifetime Author:Vera Nazarian
“Fortunate are those who take the first step. Someday people will realize that men and women are capable of speaking the language of the angels - that all of us are possessed of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesy, and understand.” PeopleMenFirstsSpiritLanguageRealizingStepsHolyCapableMen And WomenAngelMiracleCuresFortunateHoly SpiritSomedayPossessedFirst Steps Author:Paulo Coelho