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“God hath given to man a short time here upon Earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.” -Jeremy Taylor: “Holy Living” (1650)
“No sin is small. It is against an infinite God, and may have consequences ummeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch.” -Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor was born in 1613. Jeremy Taylor passed on in 1667.
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“Our feelings towards the world of mankind generally ought to be the same as Jesus manifested to them. He sought to promote their welfare and our motto ought ever to be the same as his was Peace on Earth and good will to men: no matter who they are or what they are we should week to promote the happiness and welfare of all Adam’s race.” -John Taylor
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“Regardless of how your life will impact others and what that will look like, I just know that when your identity is grounded in God, when you trust in Him, you become part of a bigger picture. And you begin to live out this wonderful poem He has written for your life. This is the truth when life is smooth sailing, and this is the truth when storms come.” -Tim Tebow: “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms”
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“Always be joyful. That is the only truly saintly state.” -Teresa of Ávila
“The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.” -Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She became a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Ávila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain.
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“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” -Teresa of Calcutta
“True holiness consists in doing God’s work with a smile.” -Teresa of Calcutta
“What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.” -Teresa of Calcutta: “A Gift for God” (1 August 1975), ‘Carriers of Christ’s Love’
Teresa of Calcutta was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on 26 August 1910 in Üksüb, a town in the Ottoman Empire’s province of Kosovo Vilayet (present day Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia). She became known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta when she undertook a religious mission to India, where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation serving the poor in 133 countries. Teresa of Calcutta passed on at 87 years of age on 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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“Jesus did not say, ‘You are the honey of the world.’ He said, ‘You are the salt of the Earth.’ Salt bites, and the unadulterated message of the judgement and grace of God has always been a biting thing.” -Helmut Thielicke
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“One day we will meet beside the river and our Lord will dry every tear. For now, we must live in the joy of that promise and recall that for every generation Life is hard, but God is faithful.” -Bodie Thoene
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You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
Thomas à Kempis, meaning Thomas of Kempen, was born in about 1379 in Kempen, Prince-Archbishopric of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire. He became a German Christian monk, theologian, scribe, and ascetical writer. He is known for his work, “The Imitation of Christ” (about 1418). Thomas à Kempis passed on at about 91 years of age on 25 July 1471 in Zwolle, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire.
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“The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.” -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, was born on 9 September 1828. He was a Russian novelist. He is known as the author of “War and Peace” (1869). Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, passed on at 82 years of age on 20 November 1910.
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“We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the Earth. But if they are large enough to vex and endanger our welfare they are large enough to touch His heart of love. For love does not measure by a merchants scales not with a surveyor’s chain. It hath a delicacy . . . unknown in any handling of material substance.” -R. A. Torrey
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“God’s will is in God’s Word.” -Ron Tottingham
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“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.” -A. W. Tozer
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A. W. Tozer
Aiden Wilson Tozer, also known as A. W. Tozer, was born in 1897 in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an American Christian pastor, writer, and magazine editor. Aiden Wilson Tozer passed on in 1963.
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I’m sure you’ve noticed that Jesus came into a world that was dominated by an oppressive government, saturated with slavery, and disadvantaged economically for much of the population. Yet, He did not seek to alter man’s political, social, or economic status. Why not? Simply put, the externals in life will never change much. It is forever true that one, “born of woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). Jesus told the truth when He noted, “the poor you have with you always” (John 12:8). So He came to change what was in the hearts of men and women.” -Don Truex: “Did Jesus Come to Solve Poverty?”
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“God hath given to man a short time here upon Earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.” -Jeremy Taylor: “Holy Living” (1650)
“No sin is small. It is against an infinite God, and may have consequences ummeasurable. No grain of sand is small in the mechanism of a watch.” -Jeremy Taylor
Jeremy Taylor was born in 1613. Jeremy Taylor passed on in 1667.
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“Our feelings towards the world of mankind generally ought to be the same as Jesus manifested to them. He sought to promote their welfare and our motto ought ever to be the same as his was Peace on Earth and good will to men: no matter who they are or what they are we should week to promote the happiness and welfare of all Adam’s race.” -John Taylor
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“Regardless of how your life will impact others and what that will look like, I just know that when your identity is grounded in God, when you trust in Him, you become part of a bigger picture. And you begin to live out this wonderful poem He has written for your life. This is the truth when life is smooth sailing, and this is the truth when storms come.” -Tim Tebow: “Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms”
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“Always be joyful. That is the only truly saintly state.” -Teresa of Ávila
“The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.” -Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila was born as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada on 28 March 1515 in Gotarrendura, Ávila, Crown of Castile (now Spain). She became a Roman Catholic nun, a writer, and the founder of the Discalced Carmelites (1560 - 1562). Teresa of Ávila passed on at 67 years of age on 4 October 1582 in Alba de Tormes, Salamanca, Spain.
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“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.” -Teresa of Calcutta
“True holiness consists in doing God’s work with a smile.” -Teresa of Calcutta
“What we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. I do not agree with the big way of doing things.” -Teresa of Calcutta: “A Gift for God” (1 August 1975), ‘Carriers of Christ’s Love’
Teresa of Calcutta was born as Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu on 26 August 1910 in Üksüb, a town in the Ottoman Empire’s province of Kosovo Vilayet (present day Skopje in the Republic of Macedonia). She became known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta when she undertook a religious mission to India, where she founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation serving the poor in 133 countries. Teresa of Calcutta passed on at 87 years of age on 5 September 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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“Jesus did not say, ‘You are the honey of the world.’ He said, ‘You are the salt of the Earth.’ Salt bites, and the unadulterated message of the judgement and grace of God has always been a biting thing.” -Helmut Thielicke
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“One day we will meet beside the river and our Lord will dry every tear. For now, we must live in the joy of that promise and recall that for every generation Life is hard, but God is faithful.” -Bodie Thoene
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You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.” -Thomas à Kempis: “Of the Imitation of Christ” (1418)
Thomas à Kempis, meaning Thomas of Kempen, was born in about 1379 in Kempen, Prince-Archbishopric of Cologne, Holy Roman Empire. He became a German Christian monk, theologian, scribe, and ascetical writer. He is known for his work, “The Imitation of Christ” (about 1418). Thomas à Kempis passed on at about 91 years of age on 25 July 1471 in Zwolle, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire.
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“The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and this can be done only by means of the acknowledgment and profession of the truth by each one of us.” -Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828 - 1910)
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, was born on 9 September 1828. He was a Russian novelist. He is known as the author of “War and Peace” (1869). Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy, passed on at 82 years of age on 20 November 1910.
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“We sometimes fear to bring our troubles to God because they must seem small to Him who sitteth on the circle of the Earth. But if they are large enough to vex and endanger our welfare they are large enough to touch His heart of love. For love does not measure by a merchants scales not with a surveyor’s chain. It hath a delicacy . . . unknown in any handling of material substance.” -R. A. Torrey
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“God’s will is in God’s Word.” -Ron Tottingham
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“To be right with God has often meant to be in trouble with men.” -A. W. Tozer
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” -A. W. Tozer
Aiden Wilson Tozer, also known as A. W. Tozer, was born in 1897 in Pennsylvania, United States of America. He was an American Christian pastor, writer, and magazine editor. Aiden Wilson Tozer passed on in 1963.
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I’m sure you’ve noticed that Jesus came into a world that was dominated by an oppressive government, saturated with slavery, and disadvantaged economically for much of the population. Yet, He did not seek to alter man’s political, social, or economic status. Why not? Simply put, the externals in life will never change much. It is forever true that one, “born of woman is of few days and full of trouble” (Job 14:1). Jesus told the truth when He noted, “the poor you have with you always” (John 12:8). So He came to change what was in the hearts of men and women.” -Don Truex: “Did Jesus Come to Solve Poverty?”
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