If thou hadst once entered into the mind of Jesus, and hadst tasted, yea, even a little of his tender love, then wouldst thou care nought for thine own convenience or inconvenience, but wouldst rather rejoice at trouble brought upon thee, because the love of Jesus maketh a man to despise himself. He that loveth Jesus and is inwardly true and free from inordinate affections, is able to turn himself readily unto God, and to rise above himself in spirit.
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own vitals? WILLIAM CONGREVE So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than th... BIBLE And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the wo... VENERABLE BEDE Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his b... BIBLE But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom th... BIBLE Peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; JOSEPH SMITH JR. Continuing a series on the person of Jesus: When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ... THOMAS À KEMPIS Concluding a short series on authenticity: Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: W... JOHN DONNE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES If any have more of the government of thee than Christ, or if thou hadst rather live after any other... RICHARD BAXTER By a man's reaction to Jesus Christ, that man stands revealed. By his reaction to Jesus Christ his h... WILLIAM BARCLAY Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile... BIBLE And you, enchantment,
Worthy enough a herdsman--yea, him too,
That makes himself, but for our ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God himself and Jesus relied upon light to function on the earth SUNDAY ADELAJA Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471 It is no great matter to... DAVID KIRK And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do ... BIBLE And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fie... BIBLE Wouldst thou have that
Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life,
And live a coward in thine o... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalt... LEWIS B. SMEDES A lover of Jesus and of the truth . . . can lift himself above
himself in spirit.
[Lat., Amator J... THOMAS A KEMPIS Deep unto deep, O Lord, Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come, Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ... AMY CARMICHAEL Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285 Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts, ... BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX If thou art called to pass through tribulations; if thou art in perils among false brethren; if thou... JOSEPH SMITH I believe that Jesus would have given His life for just one person. Jesus emptied Himself, He humble... HEIDI BAKER If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And tho... KHALED HOSSEINI Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what... F. W. ROBERTSON To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine ow... ABU SA'ID Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands... BIBLE Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that h... BIBLE But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall asc... BIBLE ...Our Lord Jesus Christ added nothing to God in his essential being and glory, either by what He di... ARTHUR W. PINK Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349 It behoves thee to love G... RICHARD ROLLE And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast... BIBLE For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if t... BIBLE If thou desirest to be safe, turn at once in thy emptiness to God. If thou hast been inconsistent, h... JOHANNES TAULER Feast of Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, 461 There was no point of controversy between Jesus and t... ADOLPH SAPHIR The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior m... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with thee Came not all hell broke loose? Is pain to them L... JOHN MILTON Feast of Michael & All Angels The nominal Christian, then, will see Jesus as a name, a representa... ROBERT L. SHORT His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither ag... BIBLE Jesus Christ could die instead of man because He was sinless. As a man without sin, He was not under... HENRY HON What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri... THE BIBLE The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unt... BIBLE And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, ... BIBLE Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou... HERMAN MELVILLE And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard ... BIBLE Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089 Jesus hath many lovers ... THOMAS À KEMPIS Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "Do we look like man or does he look like us?"... ANTHONY T. HINCKS This thing comes to me, not by the hearing of the ear, but by my own personal experience: I know of ... CHARLES SPURGEON My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
... THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? / Jesus answe... BIBLE Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 Incarnate Word! Thou Word of God alone! ... THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX If thou art called to pass through tribulation; if thou art in perils among false brethren; if thou ... JOSEPH SMITH JR. And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches e... BIBLE Jesus! why dost Thou love me so? What hast Thou seen in me To make my happiness so great, So dear... FREDRICK WILLIAM FABER Only in the latest of our Gospels, John, a Gospel that shows considerably more theological sophistic... BART D. EHRMAN Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us
to be here: if thou wilt, let us... BIBLE It's only when we understand [Jesus'] presence in the church as being the fulfillment of God's promi... REGGIE M. KIDD You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the... GEORGE MACDONALD But wherefore thou alone? Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose? Is pain to themLess pain... JOHN MILTON Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has ... BIBLE Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk ... BIBLE The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world ... HENRI J.M. NOUWEN Once a person learns to read the signs of love and thus to believe it, love leads him into the open ... HANS URS VON BALTHASAR And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? /... BIBLE And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: / And when... BIBLE Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430 Great art Thou, O Lord, and highly to be praise... C. I. SCOFIELD Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330 Wherever we turn in the church of ... FREDERICK W. FABER Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurre... PHILLIPS BROOKS God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart. AFRICAN PROVERB Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 2. the ministry of meekness ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Continuing a series on the person of Jesus: Jesus ventured to trust God far beyond the degree that... JOHN R. COGDELL We may with complete detachment study and form a judgement upon a religion, but we cannot maintain o... J. B. PHILLIPS The man who wishes to know the "that" which is "thou" may set to work in any one of three ways. He m... ALDOUS HUXLEY Who did leave His Father's throne,
To assume thy flesh and bone?
Had He life, or had He none?
... GEORGE HERBERT What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack hu... THOMAS À KEMPIS In a pursuit of convenience, man has only caused more inconvenience for himself! RAMANA PEMMARAJU What! wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he... RAMAKRISHNA Prithee," He protested, "if thou wouldst waiteth a goddamned second- TESSA DARE Jesus did not always like the Apostles' way of acting, but by adapting himself to their temperam... MOTHER ANGELICA Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter hear... BIBLE He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou ... BIBLE The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine... BIBLE The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with ... ANDREW MURRAY Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieve... BIBLE In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbour hostility against us, not those against whom ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Pentecost Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 It was something more ... CHARLES GORE (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enem... BIBLE Jesus does not give recipes that show the way to God as other teachers of religion do. He is himself... KARL BARTH Thou hast wounded the spirit that loved thee
And cherish'd thine image for years;
Thou hast ta... MRS. DAVID PORTER God rewards those who seek Him. Not those who seek doctrine of religion or systems or creeds. Many s... MAX LUCADO We may come to Jesus and ask Him; He will know all about it; if He comes to a little child, he will ... JOSEPH SMITH, JR.
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charity.
[Lat., In necessasariis... THOMAS A KEMPIS He is truly great who hath a great charity. THOMAS A KEMPIS In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in ... THOMAS à KEMPIS A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to c... THOMAS à KEMPIS If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find ou... THOMAS à KEMPIS Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as y... THOMAS à KEMPIS When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. THOMAS A KEMPIS But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
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[Lat., Cum ... THOMAS A KEMPIS For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
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THOMAS Ã KEMPIS Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excu... THOMAS A KEMPIS The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. THOMAS A KEMPIS The Voice of Christ: My child, this is the disposition which you should have if you wish to walk wit... THOMAS à KEMPIS Do not let your peace depend on the words of men. Their thinking well or badly of you does not make ... THOMAS à KEMPIS If you wish to draw profit, read with humility, simplicity, and faith, and never with the design of ... THOMAS à KEMPIS It is good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on prob... THOMAS à KEMPIS As long as you live, you will be subject to change, whether you will it or not - now glad, now sorro... THOMAS à KEMPIS Love is a mighty power, a great and complete good; Love alone lightens every burden, and makes the r... THOMAS à KEMPIS In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro.(Everywhere I... THOMAS à KEMPIS If you cannot recollect yourself continuously, do so once a day at least, in the morning or in the e... THOMAS à KEMPIS He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. ... THOMAS à KEMPIS I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. THOMAS à KEMPIS Look at our fathers in the old days, living masterpieces as they are and shining examples of true re... THOMAS à KEMPIS 5. Be ofttimes mindful of the saying,(3) The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear with hear... THOMAS à KEMPIS At the least, bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully. And although thou be very unwilling to hea... THOMAS à KEMPIS Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the ... THOMAS à KEMPIS Let temporal things be in the use, eternal things in the desire. THOMAS à KEMPIS It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self. THOMAS à KEMPIS My child, I am the Lord Who gives strength in the day of trouble. Come to Me when all is not well wi... THOMAS à KEMPIS Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Thus passes the glory of the world). THOMAS à KEMPIS God often grants in a moment what He has long denied. THOMAS à KEMPIS Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God. THOMAS à KEMPIS Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing... THOMAS à KEMPIS All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only. THOMAS à KEMPIS The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty. THOMAS à KEMPIS Fight like a man. Habit is overcome by habit. THOMAS à KEMPIS By two wings is man lifted above earthly things, even by simplicity and purity. Simplicity ough... THOMAS à KEMPIS God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one another’s burdens; for no man is without f... THOMAS à KEMPIS Jesus has now many lovers of the heavenly kingdom but few bearers of His cross. THOMAS à KEMPIS All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace. THOMAS à KEMPIS Wherever you go, there you are. THOMAS à KEMPIS At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done. THOMAS à KEMPIS A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. THOMAS à KEMPIS A lowly knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than the deep searching of a man’s learnings. N... THOMAS à KEMPIS It is vanity, too, to covet honours, and to lift up ourselves on high...It is vanity, to love that w... THOMAS à KEMPIS There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of G... THOMAS à KEMPIS What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer... THOMAS A KEMPIS I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it. THOMAS A KEMPIS The loftier the building the deeper the foundation must be. THOMAS A KEMPIS If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entir... THOMAS A KEMPIS The cross, therefore, is always ready; it awaits you everywhere. No matter where you may go, you can... THOMAS à KEMPIS Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. I... THOMAS à KEMPIS If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and un... THOMAS à KEMPIS Love flies, runs, and rejoices; it is free and nothing can hold it back THOMAS A KEMPIS