“Therefore, we know about God that He loves and shows pity on His creatures, and also that He is the source of wisdom and knows how to govern everything concerning us. Nothing is impossible for Him, but everything is subject to His will. We must also realize that everything He does is for our benefit and we must accept it with thankfulness...as from a benefactor and a good lord even if is troublesome. For everything is done with right judgment, and God, Who is merciful, does not overlook even the smallest sadness that we suffer.” IfsKnowsDoeDoneShowsSufferingRealizingCompassionAcceptingLordKnow HowImpossibleSadnessSubjectsSourceWords Of WisdomCreaturesBenefitsJudgmentPitySmallestThankfulnessMercifulTroublesomeNothing Is ImpossibleBenefactors Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“It's a mistake to expect benefits from any pose. Expectations make you restless because if you fail to get what you expect, you feel miserable. Yoga practice is an act of adoration to the Lord. You do it because it has to be done. If you have this mental attitude, your selfishness disappears and the benefits come.” IfsFeelsDoneMistakeAttitudeLordPracticeFailingBenefitsExpectationsYogaDisappearMiserableSelfishnessRestlessAdorationMental AttitudeYoga Practice Author:Dharma Mittra
“Scripture urges and warns us that whatever favors we may have obtained from the Lord, we have received them as a trust on condition that they should be applied to the common benefit of the church.” ShouldMayChurchCommonLordConditionsBenefitsFavorsScriptureUrges Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
“Jesus will turn your sorrow into joy. One can only imagine the shock and bewilderment the Apostles felt when the Lord told them he must go away. Though they could not understand it at the time, his departure was for their benefit. The same is true of the unexpected setbacks and tragedies we experience in this life...When I consider the times when I have been confounded by events that seemed so contrary to what I thought God wanted for me, I should be mindful that they were permitted by the Lord's inscrutable providence for my own good, as difficult as that might be to fathom.” ShouldHas BeensMightWantedJoyTurnsJesusFeltDifficultMy OwnLordImagineEventsSorrowBenefitsTragedyContraryThis LifeShockUnexpectedGoing AwayProvidenceApostlesSetbackDepartureFathomBewildermentInscrutable Author:Patrick Madrid
“A woman who fears the Lord will not run away from God to satisfy her longings and relieve her anxieties. She will wait for the Lord. She will hope in God. She will stay close to the heart of God and trust in his promises. The prospect of departing into the way of sin will be too fearful to pursue; and the benefits of abiding in the shadow of the Almighty too glorious to forsake.” WayHeartRunningWaitingSinLordPromiseAnxietyBenefitsShadowLongingPursueGloriousRunning AwayFearfulAlmightyAbidingForsakeDepartingHope In God Author:John Piper
“"Sabbath is not primarily about us or how it benefits us; it is about God, and how God forms us. It is not, in the first place, about what we do or don't do; it is about God - completing and resting and blessing and sanctifying. These are all things that we don't know much about......But it does mean stopping and being quiet long enough to see - open-mouthed - with wonder - resurrection wonder.....we cultivate the "fear of the Lord". Our souls are formed by what we cannot work up or take charge of. We respond and enter into what the resurrection of Jesus continues to do."” KnowsFirstsMeanLongDoeSoulEnoughFormJesusWonderLordBlessingQuietBenefitsAll ThingsResurrectionStoppingSabbathCompletingJesus ResurrectionBeing Quiet Book:Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology Source: Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
“If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him.” IfsWantHelpingUsedLordMankindPositionBenefitsMissions Author:Elaine A. Cannon
“One of the greatest benefits of our salvation has to be that of hearing God speak to us personally. There can be no intimate relationship with our heavenly Father without it. But, as easy as it is for us to speak to Him, the average Christian has a hard time hearing His voice. This is not the way the Lord intended it to be.” WayHardChristianFatherSpeakEasyVoiceLordBenefitsSalvationAverageHearingIntimateHard TimesHeavenlyHeavenly FatherIntimate RelationshipsHearing God Author:Andrew Wommack
“We minister the Word of God. The proclamation of the Gospel comes after individuals have opened their hearts to God and turned from themselves to others. Only then are they truly ready to hear and benefit fully from the Word of the Lord.” HeartIndividualLordReadyBenefitsMinistersWord Of GodProclamation Author:Joel Osteen