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“The taste for glory can make ordinary men behave in extraordinary ways.”

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Book:House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

Source: House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition

“When you speak of heaven, let your face light up; let it be irradiated by a heavenly gleam; let your eyes shine with reflected glory. But when you speak of hell, your ordinary expression will do.”

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Author:Charles Spurgeon

“Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God glory.”

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Book:Loving God

Source: Loving God

“Generally speaking we don't want to hear from the soul. We want it to just do its job. Unfortunately, in a broken world, it also is broken, and we're going to hear from it because many of the ordinary miseries and extraordinary glories of human life are expressions of the state of the soul.”

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Author:Dallas Willard

“Only miracle is plain; it is in the ordinary that groans with the weight of glory.”

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Author:Robert Farrar Capon

“I thought, He must forebear to reveal His power and glory by presenting Himself as Himself, and must be present only in the ordinary miracle of the existence of His creatures. Those who wish to see Him must see Him in the poor, the hungry, the hurt, the wordless creatures, the groaning and travailing beautiful world.”

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Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel

Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel

“Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.”

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Book:Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts

Source: Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts

“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.... Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbor he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ verse latitat - the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden.”

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Author:C. S. Lewis

“Don't assume you have to be extraordinary to be used by God. You don't have to have exceptional gifts, talents, abilities, or connections. God specializes in using ordinary people whose limitations and weaknesses make them ideal showcases for His greatness and glory.”

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Author:Nancy Leigh DeMoss

“Neither marriage's heart nor adventure are found in the banner days, those events we record and look back on. The glory is the ordinary.”

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Author:R. C. Sproul, Jr.