"Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything that makes me conscious of my need for Him. If prayer is birthed out of desperation, then anything that makes me desperate for God is a blessing."

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Source : Nancy Leigh DeMoss (2012). “The Quiet Place: Daily Devotional Readings”, p.80, Moody Publishers

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

#Pain Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Women Quotes

“one blow in anger [would] kill, probably, a child from aged two to eight. Those over eight would take two blows to kill.”
“Invention depends altogether upon execution or organization; as that is right or wrong so is the invention perfect or imperfect.”
“The growth of equality â€¦ calls for decisions, mechanisms and processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor, which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality.”
“I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on truth can be very different. I'm an advocate of an approach that endeavors to foster empathy and which tries to find a common humanity across the divide.”
“An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Recalling what our lives were like before Jesus Christ entered them will help keep our daily problems in perspective.”
“If you treat your employees like mushrooms (keep them in the dark and regularly throw crap on them), it's entirely likely you will get precisely the work you deserve in return.”
“A religion that cannot stand a little laughter must be a very rotten one.”

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