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There is a God-shaped vacuum in every man that only Christ can fill.

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The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

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I am convinced that in all history there has never been a greater need to Pray for our Pastors than exists right now! Pastors are experiencing an unprecedented wave of attacks, stresses, challenges. obstacles. pressures.

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Love and say it with your life.

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For, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: 'And the angel that spoke in me, said to me...' He does not say, 'Spoke to me' but 'Spoke in me'.

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One loving heart sets another on fire.

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The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.

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You cannot attain to charity except through humility.

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

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In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.

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Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things.

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Custom is second nature.

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It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God.

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Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

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God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.

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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

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The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her.

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The Lord says, 'Whoever has, to him shall be given' (Mt. 13:12). He will give, then, to those who have; that is to say, if they use freely and cheerfully what they have received, He will add to and perfect His gifts.

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The flesh does not by its own virtue purify, but is purified by virtue of the Word by which it was assumed, when 'the Word became flesh and dwelt among us' (Jn. 1:14).

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Why then be perverted and follow thy flesh? Be it converted and follow thee.

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