“FAITH Coming unto God, I believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him: I know that my Redeemer liveth; that He is the Christ the Son of the Living God; that He is indeed the Saviour of the world; that He came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. Through the grace of Jesus Christ we believe that we shall be saved even as our fathers withal. I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” KnowsWorldLifeBelieveFatherJesusBeliefI BelieveChristLordGraceLandSonGoodnessJesus ChristSavedChiefsSinnerOur FatherSaviourRedeemer Book:The Preces Privatae of Lancelot Andrewes Source: The Preces Privatae of Lancelot Andrewes
“Brothers and sisters, love the earth. Be true to the earth, and do not believe those seducers who look longingly to the world beyond, casting suspicion on this world. Jesus is the greatest friend of the earth-Jesus who again and again, in the original spirit of Judaism, proclaimed love for the soil and love for the land. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he said, "for they shall possess the earth."” WorldBelieveLooksSaidEarthSpiritJesusLandThis WorldBrotherAnd LoveOriginalsBlessedEnvironmentalBeing TrueSoilSuspicionAgain And AgainBrothers And SistersJudaismCastingPeacemakerSister Love Author:Eberhard Arnold
“Jesus once caused a sick man to arise on the Sabbath and take up his bed, whereupon the pious of the land raised a great outcry. But Jesus answered with superior contempt that the Sabbath was there for the sake of man, not man for the sake of the Sabbath; consequently, man was also master over the Sabbath.” MenJesusLandMastersBedSickRaisedSakeAriseSuperiorsContemptPiousSabbathSick Man Author:Alfred Rosenberg
“We do not go to mission lands to 'bring Jesus Christ' as much as to uncover him where he already is.” JesusChristLandJesus ChristMissions Author:Catherine Doherty
“Blessed is the pilgrim, who in every place, and at all times of this his banishment in the body, calling upon the holy name of Jesus, calleth to mind his native heavenly land, where his blessed Master, the King of saints and angels, waiteth to receive him. Blessed is the pilgrim who seeketh not an abiding place unto himself in this world; but longeth to be dissolved, and be with Christ in heaven.” WorldMindBodyJesusNamesHeavenChristLandThis WorldMastersKingsHolyCallingAngelBlessedSaintAll TimeNativeHeavenlyAbidingPilgrimBanishment Author:Thomas a Kempis
“And for our unparalleled ingratitude to that Adorable Being Who has seated us in a land irradiated by the cheering beams of the Gospel of Jesus Christ ... let us fall prostrate before offended Deity, confess sincerely and penitently our manifold sins and our unworthiness of the least of His Divine favors, fervently implore His pardon through the merits of our mediator.” FallJesusChristSinLandDivineJesus ChristFavorsMeritCheerOffendedDeitiesSincerelyPardonBeamAdorableIngratitudeManifoldMediators Author:Elbridge Gerry
“No man can be a sound lawyer in this land who is not well read in the ethics of Moses and the virtues of Jesus.” MenWellsChristianJesusSoundReligiousVirtueLandEthicsJesus ChristLawyerMoses Author:Fisher Ames
“But these dear boys and girls--there is, something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all then hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them. O brethren and sisters, let us estimate children at their true valuation, and we shall not keep them back, but we shall be eager to lead them to Jesus at once.” IfsKnowsHeartMayChildrenLongMadeWholeGirlJesusNationsChristBoysLandHolyGloryBlessedDearEnlightenedYieldServing GodBrethrenBoy And GirlHeathenValuationHoly Days Author:Charles Spurgeon
“Jesus has redeemed not only our souls, but our bodies. When the Lord shall deliver His captive people out of the land of the enemy He will not leave a bone of one of them in the adversary's power. The dominion of death shall be utterly broken.” PeopleSoulBodyJesusLordEnemyLandBrokenBonesEasterAdversariesDominionCaptivesRedeemed Book:Sermons on the Last Days Source: Sermons on the Last Days
“There is not land beneath the sun where there is an open Bible and a preached gospel, where a tyrant long can hold his place... Let the Bible be opened to be read by all men, and no tyrant can long rule in peace... The religion of Jesus makes men think, and to make men think is always dangerous to a despot's power.” ThinkingMenLongJesusSunLandDangerousTyrantsDespots Author:Charles Spurgeon