“There is unusual power in united prayer. God has planned for His people to join together in prayer, not only for Christian fellowship, spiritual nurture, and growth, but also for accomplishing His divine purposes and reaching His chosen goals.” PeopleChristianTogetherSpiritualPurposeGoalGrowthPrayerUnitedDivineChosenReachingUnusualNurtureFellowshipDivine PurposeChristian Fellowship Book:Mighty Prevailing Prayer Source: Mighty Prevailing Prayer
“The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.” StillsHelpingHomeOrderPrayerUnitedSunGreaterJourneyDivineHigherCharitySaintAtmosphereHeavenlyFillingBrightnessDivine OrderHeavenly Home Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor everything that we do. It is rather our duty to divine His will.” StatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDivineDutyFavorsGods WillLatinPyramidsSealsUndertakings Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Now rejoice, all ye powers of my soul, that you are so united with God that no one may separate you from Him. I cannot fully praise nor love Him therefore must I die, and cast myself into the divine void, till I rise from non-existence to existence.” MaySoulDiesUnitedExistenceDivinePraiseCastsMy SoulVoidRejoiceNon Existence Book:Meister Eckhart's Sermons Source: Meister Eckhart's Sermons
“We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we cannot submit. God is greater than the United States, and when the Government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged under the banner of heaven and against the Government...Polygamy is a divine institution. It has been banded down direct from God. The United States cannot abolish it. No nation on the earth can prevent it, nor all the nations of the earth combined...I defy the United States; I will obey God.” BelieveHas BeensStatesGovernmentEarthLawHeavenNationsUnitedUnited StatesGreaterHonestyDivineMoralityExerciseConflictDirectInstitutionsPuritySubmitAbolishBannerPolygamy Author:John Taylor
“Let every creature have your love. Love, with its fruits of meekness, patience, and humility, is all that we can wish for ourselves and our fellow creatures. For this is to live in God, united with him, both for time and eternity. To desire to communicate good to everyone, in the degree that we can and to which each person is capable of receiving from us, is a divine temper, for thus God stands unchangeably disposed towards the whole creation.” LovePersonsWholeDesireWishUnitedCreationHumilityDivineCreaturesDegreesCapableEternityFellowsFruitCommunicateTemperReceivingMeekness Author:William Law
“When love has carried us above all things ... we receive in peace the Incomprehensible Light, enfolding us and penetrating us. What is this Light, if it be not a contemplation of the Infinite, and an intuition of Eternity? We behold that which we are, and we are that which we behold; because our being, without losing anything of its own personality, is united with the Divine Truth.” IfsLightUnitedDivinePersonalityLosingAll ThingsEternityInfiniteIntuitionContemplation Author:John of Ruysbroeck
“The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesDivinePressureRevelationsFavourBindingState GovernmentPolygamyUnder PressureUnited States GovernmentDivine Revelation Book:Bertrand Russell's Best Source: Bertrand Russell's Best