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Sin is anti-will to God's will; it sets itself to oppose preaching, prayer, and all the institutions of God.

— Ralph Venning

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All the beauty of the world, 'tis but skin deep.

They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.

He accounts himself lesse then the least of all mercies; and yet he looks on the greatest as his due.

Courteous reader, 'tis said of scripture that it is deep enough for an elephant to swim in, and yet shallow enough for a lamb to wade through.

Confession of sin and repentance gives glory to God (Joshua 7:19) and sin endeavors to obstruct and hinder this.

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When the mind is not dissipated upon extraneous things, nor diffused over the world about us through the senses, it withdraws within itself, and of its own accord ascends to the contemplation of God.

Basil of Caesarea

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside.

Plato

To feel the supreme and moving beauty of the spectacle to which Nature invites her ephemeral guests! … that is what I call prayer.

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"O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small."

John F. Kennedy

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