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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quote

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If Jesus returns tomorrow, then tomorrow I’ll rest from my labor.  But today I have work to do.  I must continue the struggle until it’s finished.

From Galatians 6:9:  “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.”

German-born Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) was a Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident.  Many of his writings express the role of Christianity in mankind’s daily lives.  He paid the ultimate price for his activism against the Nazi regime during World War II.

John Dewey Quotes

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All genuine education comes about through experience.

Hunger not to have, but to be.

John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and educational reformer.  A native of Vermont, he was born in Burlington.

Barry Schwartz Quotes

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We are surrounded by modern, time-saving devices, but we never seem to have enough time.

I think that in modern America, we have far too many options for breakfast cereal and not enough options for President.

Barry Schwartz (born 1946) is an American psychologist who frequently writes about society’s relationships in terms of behavioral science.

Charles Finney Quote

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Nothing tends more to cement the hearts of Christians than praying together.

From Matthew 20:18:  “For where two or three are gathered in My name, I am there among them.”

Charles Finney (1792-1875) was an American pastor and Christian evangelist.  In the years before America’s Civil War, he was an outspoken opponent of slavery.

Stevie Wonder Quotes

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We all have ability.  The difference is how we use it.

You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations.

Stevie Wonder (born 1950) is an American singer and songwriter.  

Martin Luther Quote

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Even if I know that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

From Hebrews 10:23:  “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.”

Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes

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Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves.  We must learn to respect them.  We must learn to listen.

Today expect something good to happen to you no matter what occurred yesterday.

Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947) is an American author, philanthropist, and speaker.

Catherine Marshall Quote

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Sometimes, we need a housecleaning of the heart.

From Ezekiel 36:26:  “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Catherine Marshall (1914-1983) was an American author who wrote about Christian inspiration as well as other nonfiction and fiction works.  

Alan Alda Quotes

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Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

Be brave enough to live life creatively.  The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Alan Alda (born 1936) is an American actor, writer, and director.  His is well-known for his role as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the award-winning sitcom of “M*A*S*H” from 1972-1983.  

Oswald Chambers Quote

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If you abandon to Jesus, and come when He says “Come,” He will continue to say “Come” through you; you will go into life reproducing the echo of Christ’s “Come.”

From Mark 1:17:  “And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of people.'”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.