Tag: Christ
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Rick Warren's Eight Principles For Managing Stress
Rick Warren’s Eight Principles For Managing Stress Principle of Identification. Know who you are. Principle of Belonging. Know whom you’re trying to please. You cannot please everybody because if you please one group you displease another. Principle of Accomplishment. Know what you’re trying to accomplish. Either live by priorities or by pressures. There is no […]
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Billy Sunday: Christianity
“Christianity means a lot more than church membership. ” —Billy Sunday Embed from Getty Images
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Bill Hybels: Cross, not a crown
God led Jesus to a cross, not a crown, and yet that cross ultimately proved to be the gateway to freedom and forgiveness for every sinner in the world. God also asks us as Jesus’ followers to carry a cross. Paradoxically, in carrying that cross, we find liberty and joy and fulfillment. Bill Hybels WillowCreekCommunityChurch
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Pope Benedict XVI: Christianity
“Many people perceive Christianity as something institutional — rather than as an encounter with Christ — which explains why they don’t see it as a source of joy.” –Pope Benedict XVI, May 2004
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Austin Farrer: Divine love
“Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith. ” Austin Farrer
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Origen Adamantius: Jesus and the multitudes
“When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him. ” Origen Adamantius
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Bob Wilkin: Most fortunate
“Because of Christ‘s resurrection–and His guarantee that He will resurrect all who believe in Him–we are the most fortunate, the most blest people on the planet Our faith is effective, we are not in our sins, our departed loved ones are with the Lord, and the labor we do for Him is not in […]
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Pope Benedict XVI: Lent
“The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of the cross of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of darkness, for it shields us with heavenly help. Should mankind grow remiss […]
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Martin Luther: Obedience
There is no justification without sanctification, no forgiveness without renewal of life, no real faith from which the fruits of new obedience do not grow. – Martin Luther
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Bible: Work of righteousness
“And the work of righteousness shall be peace and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.” Bible Related articles Perfect Righteousness(iaminhim.wordpress.com) The Key To Effective Prayer(bummyla.wordpress.com) The Rest of Your Life(samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com) What Creates Thirst, Evans Olang(magnifyhisword.wordpress.com) If I justify myself.(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) Righteousness(savedbygraceblogdotcom.wordpress.com) A Ministry of Restoration — Thoughts for Ash Wednesday(bobcornwall.com)
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Rembrandt and Leadership
In addition to being a great painting, Rembrandt’s “Head of Christ,” reveals two traits that great leaders and great artists share: the willingness to persist past the initial round of success and failure in life, and the courage to find a true mission and serve it. Rembrandt painted the “Head of Christ” in about 1649, […]
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Cicero: Higher humility
“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. ” —Cicero Related articles Humility (novemberwest.com) Person: Humility (mattjschell.wordpress.com) Humility (seedsofempowerment.wordpress.com) Person: Humility (cleansedbygod.wordpress.com) Humility: The First of the Lively Virtues (crisismagazine.com) Humility (thedarkglobe.wordpress.com) Week 24: Humility (gavinkirk.wordpress.com)
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Never wrong…
“A person determined never to be wrong won’t likely accomplish much.” —Ken Wisdom Related articles Wisdom vs Knowledge (naydanielle.wordpress.com) Discovering Wisdom Through Practice (metaphyzgirl.wordpress.com) 3. Proverbs 1:1-6 The Personality Of Wisdom part 3 v.2 (stevemidkiff.wordpress.com) James 3: Doing Wisdom (kingdomnewtestament.wordpress.com) Words of Wisdom (auntymoggsblog.wordpress.com) Whats the Point of Wisdom in Business Intelligence? (b-eye-network.com) Wisdom (joequatronejr.wordpress.com)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Belief and unbelief
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Related articles Ralph Waldo Emerson’s head made out of electrical outlets and switches (boingboing.net)
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Tyron Edwards: Happiness
“Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door.” —Tyron Edwards Related articles […]
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William Ralph Inge: Christianity
“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. ” —William Ralph Inge. Related articles Mere Christianity: When Christians Disagree (amyellison.wordpress.com) The Perils of Not Being a Christian (inactiveactivist.wordpress.com) True but… (jackrich.wordpress.com)
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Herman Hesse: Love of God and good
“Love of God is not always the same as love of good. ” —Herman Hesse. Related articles Why Some People Deny the Love of God? (pukirahe.wordpress.com) Filling Your Love Tank (redeemedandredirected.com) God’s Love Is Unchanging (izzysagenda.com)
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