God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
A. J. (Arthur John) Gossip (1873-1954) was a Scottish-born pastor and Christian teacher.
I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it.
The stuff of which masterpieces are made drifts about the world waiting to be clothed in words.
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American playwright and novelist. His gifted words earned three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama and Fiction.
If light be pleasant to our eyes, how pleasant is the light of life springing from the Sun of righteousness.
From Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.”
John Flavel (c. 1627-1691) was an English Puritan pastor and Christian author.
God invites us to come directly into His presence by way of His own dear Son.
From John 14:6: “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”
W. Phillip Keller (1920-1997) was born in Africa as the son of missionary parents. His life’s mission would allow him to become a world citizen as a photographer, agronomist, and Christian author.
Stephen Hawking (1942-2018): English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. His studies concluded that there is likely no border or boundary to the universe.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941): American astronomer. She has been called the “census taker of the sky.” She manually classified around 350,000 stars.
Classifying the stars has helped materially in all studies of the structure of the universe.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630): German astronomer. His research determined that as the planets travel around the Sun, they move in an elliptical orbit.
The treasures hidden in the heavens are so rich that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
From Proverbs 23:23: “Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.”
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer. Many of his published works featured insightful essays, sermons, and poems.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States.
Whenever we search out biblical truth about Christ–and we find it in Leviticus as well as in Luke–we are turning our leaves toward the light.
From Leviticus 24:1-4: “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. Aaron shall set it up in the tent of meeting, outside the curtain of the covenant, to burn from evening to morning before the Lord regularly; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. He shall set up the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.'”
David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.
Putting first things first is an issue at the very heart of life.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
Stephen Covey (1932-2012) was an American educator, author, and speaker.
Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. In 1957, at the age of 44, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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