"Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine that we can do these things by our own efforts is to trample on the cross and grace of Jesus Christ. Whatever God works in us by his grace, he commands us to do as our duty. God works all in us and by us."

-- John Owen

#Jesus Quotes #Effort Quotes #Grace Quotes

“At times anger will trigger harsh words. After a cooling the ability to speak from the heart with love and compassion.”
“I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.”
“A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.”
“I have rather a strange objection to talking from the back platform of a train.... It changes too often. It moves around and shifts its ground too often. I like a platform that stays put.”
“It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community”
“Some kinds of activists are more willing to try stuff out, see if works and think on their feet, but some of the people who are working on [change] find that very difficult: They've been schooled into thinking you have to come up with the perfect plan in advance. It has become a bit technocratic.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“Saying that you donâ€™t have time to improve your thoughts and your life is like saying you donâ€™t have time to stop for gas because youâ€™re too busy driving. Eventually it will catch up with you.”
“The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure.”

Source : Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible”, p.57, Moody Publishers

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