We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker’s marvellous love so fully.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
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God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
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Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
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The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
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The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.
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We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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All will be well, and every kind of thing will be well.
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The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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