"Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching."

-- J. I. Packer

#Prayer Quotes #Unique Quotes #Reality Quotes

“Philosophy, art, and science are not the mental objects of an objectified brain but the three aspects under which the brain becomes subject.”
“I am never embarrassed by something that makes people laugh.”

Source : "Q&A: Elizabeth Banks Is Every Woman You Know". Interview with Stephen Garrett, www.esquire.com. August 23, 2011.
“Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.”
“So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.”
“The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is get up in the morning and see what happens next.”
“You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now.”
“Disobedience is my joy!”

Source : "A life blighted by lack of proper role" by Stephen Bates, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2002.
“Memories I had locked away have begun to break free, like shards of ice fracturing off an arctic shelf. In sleep, these broken floes drift toward the morning light of remembrance.”

Source : Tan Twan Eng (2013). “The Garden of Evening Mists”, p.8, Canongate Books

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