Every church that has a standard higher than human welfare is dangerous.
That's the big difference between Christianity and other religions. The difference between Works and Grace or Do and Done.
Worry is a waste of energy. It cant change the past. It cant control the future. It only makes today miserable
Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.
It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.
We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.
I invite you to bow your head and quietly whisper the prayer that will change your eternity: Jesus I believe in you and I receive you.
I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.
Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.
Few authors are so interesting as their work - they generally reserve their wit or trenchant sarcasm for their books.
You sure about this?" I asked Thalia. She turned to me. "Amaltheia leads me to good things. The last time she appeared, she led me to you. " The compliment warmed me like a cup of hot chocolate. I'm a sucker that way. Thalia can flash those blue eyes, give me one kind word, and she can get me to do pretty much whatever.