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“Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know.”

Thinking Knows May Grace Possibility Willing Available Open Minded

Book:Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

Source: Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

“Christ does not control his subjects by force, but is King of a willing people. They are, through His grace, freely devoted to His service.”

People Doe Force Christ Grace Subjects Willing Kings Devoted

Book:Alarm to the Unconverted

Source: Alarm to the Unconverted

“God won't permit temptation beyond your strength. It is true that temptations come to all, but God will give you the graces you need to withstand them, if you ask him to and if you are willing to cooperate with his grace...In God's presence, consider: Do I put up a fight when temptations beset me, or do I give up quickly and surrender myself to them without a struggle? Do I rely on God's grace to conquer temptations, or am I conquered by them?”

Ifs Needs Giving Fighting Asks Struggle Grace Willing Giving Up Surrender Gods Will Temptation Conquer Rely Permit God's Grace God's Presence

Author:Patrick Madrid

“God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted. All the pious workings of our heart towards God are the fruit and consequence of the powerful working of His grace in us.”

Ifs Heart Soul Powerful Grace Willing Consequence Fruit Conversion Unwilling Pious

Author:Thomas Goodwin

“Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.”

Men Values Grace Sacrifice Willing Depends Capable Minors Cheerfulness Life Happiness Great Sacrifice

Author:Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“The inner man cannot be forced to do out of his own free will, what he should do, except the grace of God change the heart and make it willing.”

Men Should Heart Grace Willing Free Will Grace Of God

Book:Through the Year with Martin Luther: A Selection of Sermons Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Christian Year

Source: Through the Year with Martin Luther: A Selection of Sermons Celebrating the Feasts and Seasons of the Christian Year

“The more I follow grace, the more I'm drawn to him (God), the more I'm willing to stand up for people being persecuted. .. This sounds so churchy, but I felt like God spoke to my heart and said '(homosexuality) is not a sin'.”

People Heart Said Felt Sound Sin Grace Willing My Heart Spokes Homosexuality Persecuted

Author:Jay Bakker

“All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.”

People Thinking Hard Character Stories Action Support Grace Willing Hopeless Brutal

Book:The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

“Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.”

Action Choices Sides Accepting Grace Divine Willing Determination Salvation Reactions Conquest Seizing

Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer