“When we think of the height of God's infinity we should not despair of His compassion reaching us from such a height; and when we recall the infinite depth of our fall through sin we should not refuse to believe that the virtue which has been killed in us will rise again. For God can accomplish both these things: He can come down and illumine our intellect with spiritual knowledge, and He can raise up the virtue within us and exalt it with Himself through works of righteousness.” ThinkingShouldBelieveHas BeensChristianSpiritualFallSinCompassionVirtueDespairInfiniteDown AndRaisesDepthRefuseAccomplishIntellectHeightReachingOrthodoxRighteousnessInfinityRecallsRaise UpSpiritual Knowledge Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.” MenSpiritualFallJesusSinGraceBloodHigherBlessingAuthorityDepthDeeperBackgroundsHeightDependentCollapseGrace Of GodPublicityCleansingStaggeringPinnacleBlood Of Jesus Author:Alan Redpath
“Encouragement is oxygen to the soul. Good work can never be expected from a worker without encouragement. No one ever climbed spiritual heights without it. No one ever lived without it.” SoulMotivationalSpiritualEncouragementWorkersExpectedHeightGood WorkOxygen Author:George Matthew Adams
“Adversity is a natural part of being human. It is the height of arrogance to prescribe a moral code or health regimen or spiritual practice as an amulet to keep things from falling apart.” HumansSpiritualFallNaturalMoralPracticeAdversityCodeHeightArroganceBeing HumanFalling ApartSpiritual PracticeMoral CodeAmulets Author:Elizabeth Lesser