"If revival is being withheld from us it is because some idol remains still enthroned; because we still insist in placing our reliance in human schemes; because we still refuse to face the unchangeable truth that It is not by might, but by My Spirit."

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Source : Jonathan Goforth (0101). “"By my Spirit"”, p.114, Solid Christian Books

Jonathan Goforth

#Idols Quotes #Might Quotes #Faces Quotes

“It took me whole decades to appreciate the depth and true value of yoga. Sacred texts supported my discoveries, but it was not they that signposted the way. What I learned through yoga, I found out through yoga.”
“Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.”
“It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.”
“And each one is a partaker of this spiritual origin in regeneration; and to every one when he is re-born, the water of baptism is like the Virgin's womb; for the same Holy Spirit fills the font, Who filled the Virgin, that the sin, which that sacred conception overthrew, may be taken away by this mystical washing.”
“I remember things like that...A lifetimes accredidation of unkindness, all of those little longering hurts that I carried around like stones sewn into my pockets.”
“Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.”
“Being a Boy Scout saved my life. I was a bookish, introverted kid, shy and withdrawn, unhappy and easily bullied. I was also gay, although I didn't know it yet. I should've been miserable. But being a scout got me out of myself and into the world.”
“Truly happy memories always live on, shining. Over time, one by one, they come back to life.”

Source : Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus (1979). “Three Plays”, p.100, Grove Press

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