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The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.

Oswald Chambers

Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
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Faith Myself Person See Understand Way
Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God.
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God Obedience Reason Right Yourself
The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.
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Architecture Circumstance God Peace Side
Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.
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Devil God Myself Purpose World
We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.
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God Ourselves Prayer Purpose
Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.
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End Happiness Holy Man
God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.
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God Greatness Himself Person Rare
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
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Character Confidence Faith Ourselves Time Understand
When we no longer seek God for His blessings, we have time to seek Him for Himself.
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Blessing God Himself Seek Time
Don’t read to remember; read to realize.
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Reading Realization Remember
It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.
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Activity Atmosphere Himself Important Influence Man
The proof that our relationship is right with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not.
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Evidence Inspirational Ourselves Relationship Right
Don’t plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.
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God Happiness Himself Planning
Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
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Difficult Flow Focus Obstacle Remember Yourself
If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart.
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Broken Heart Purpose World Yourself
The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength.
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Build Life Ourselves Strength

The root of all sin is the suspicion that God is not good.

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