We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.
CHARLES SPURGEON
CHARLES SPURGEON
Charles Spurgeon on blessing
Charles Spurgeon77 quotes“We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.”
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His eyes never slumber, and His hands never rest; His heart never ceases to beat with love, and His shoulders are never weary of carrying His people’s burdens.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon The Word of God is the anvil upon which the opinions of men are smashed.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon No man ever served God by doing things tomorrow.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon The early morning hour should be dedicated to praise: do not the birds set us the example?
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon The more you read the Bible; and the more you meditate on it, the more you will be astonished with it.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Every Christian man has a choice between being humble and being humbled.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Right is right though all condemn, and wrong is wrong though all approve.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Of two evils, choose neither.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, ‘Is it pleasant?’ but, ‘Is it true?’
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
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Every Hour has its own value. Every minute is precious. Every second is irreplaceable. Thank Allah for the time you have, be it little. If you thank Allah for something, He will surely increase it in its blessings.
Nouman Ali KhanNouman Ali Khan Bless more; blame less.
Marianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson When we love all parts of ourselves, when we bless all of ourselves, when we honor all of our history and all of our insecurities, doubts, worries, and fears, we become the women that we always wanted to be.
Debbie FordDebbie Ford You are doing the best you can, and that best results in good to yourself and to others. Do not nag yourself with a sense of failure. Get on your knees and ask for the blessings of the Lord;then stand on your feet and do what you are asked to do.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.
Andy StanleyAndy Stanley The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.
Elisabeth ElliotElisabeth Elliot Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.
Fulton J. SheenFulton J. Sheen When you let me take I’m grateful. When you let me give I’m blessed.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy