Blessing Quotes - Page 38

• When we ask of the Lord coolly, and not fervently, we do as it were, stop His hand, and restrain Him from giving us the very blessing we "pretend" that we are seeking.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Hands, Giving, Lord

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• To be associated with a film that just flat-out makes people happy is such a blessing and a tremendous privilege, and I'll always be grateful for it. People's eyes light up when they talk about it. I've been in Asia, Africa, Europe and even Bhutan; people know the movie there. It's just an amazing thing.

  Michael J. Fox

  Grateful, Eye, Bhutan

  "'Back to the future' cast reunites in real time" by Bryan Reesman, www.mtv.com. October 25, 2010.

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• God helps me for sure every day and at every contest. I broke my hand and had to get surgery on it. The recovery was really frustrating because I had to skip three weeks at the beginning of the season. But I flipped it around and took it as a blessing. I said a lot of prayers and just asked God to do His thing. I did other things to compliment the recovery like getting the right sleep and taking care of my body. But I went back to the doctor after four weeks and he was ecstatic about the recovery of my hand. I take that as a tribute to my faith and my belief in doing the right things.

  Nick Goepper

  Prayer, Recovery, Sleep

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• Christ was on display early in my childhood. Both my mother and father were living examples of what it meant to live for Christ and have Him be the focal point of decisions, actions, thoughts and words. It was a blessing but not entirely unexpected when very young I also came to the faith.

  Aaron Kampman

  Mother, Father, Childhood

  "Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle Aaron Kampman on his faith, his recent trip to El Salvador and the NFL lockout". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• Again and again the Sermon on the Mount calls and challenges us to a life of radical discipleship. Note: when Jesus says 'Blessed are the . . . . merciful, peacmakers', and so on, he doesn't just mean that they themselves are blessed. He means that the blessing of God's kingdom works precisely through those people into the wider world. That is how God's kingdom comes. That's one thing to hear afresh.

  N. T. Wright

  Jesus, Blessed, Mean

  Source: kenwytsma.com

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• Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I found myself lifted above them. Instead of hardship, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy and conviction that I was following God's will. Blessings instead of hardships are showered upon me.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Achievement, Joy, Purpose

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.30, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy - health and happiness and inner peace.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Inner Peace, Pockets, World

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• The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help, should first pour out his soul in gratitude for health, for friends, for loved ones, for the gospel, for the manifestations of God's existence. He should first count his many blessings and name them one by one.

  David O. McKay

  Gratitude, Men, Names

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• We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse must depend upon our own wisdom or folly, virtue or wickedness.... Justice and virtue are the vital principles of republican government.

  George Mason

  Government, Justice, Independence

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• Every day's a blessing, so I'm just out there throwing my best.

  Dontrelle Willis

  Throwing

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• It really is considered one of the blessings of previous mates which you could manage being silly with them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Silly, Mates, Manage

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• I'll always be thankful for what I have right now. I feel that it's been a blessing. But I know my time will come. It's just the way life is.

  Lorena Ochoa

  Being Thankful, Way, Life Is

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• Your deepest pain will be your most Glorious Blessing.

  Bo Sanchez

  Pain, Glorious

  FaceBook post by Bo Sanchez from Nov 30, 2016

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• I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.

  Warsan Shire

  Heart, Too Much, Overwhelmed

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• I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.

  Paulo Coelho

  Country, Men, Cities

  "Paulo Coelho on Jesus, Twitter and the difference between defeat and failure" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2013.

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• For all its peculiarities and unevenness, the Bible has a simple story. God made man. Man rejected God. God won't give up until he wins him back. God will whisper. He will shout. He will touch and tug. He will take away our burdens; he'll even take away our blessings. If there are a thousand steps between us and him, he will take all but one. But he will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours. Please understand. His goal is not to make you happy. His goal is to make you His. His goal is not to get you what you want; it is to get you what you need.

  Max Lucado

  Giving Up, Winning, Simple

  Max Lucado (2013). “God's Inspirational Promises”, p.166, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh, because I'm blind? I cannot and I won't.

  Fanny Crosby

  People, Soul, World

  Fanny Crosby (2008). “Fanny J. Crosby: An Autobiography”, p.24, Hendrickson Publishers

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• The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.

  Joe Biden

  Iraq, Soldier, World

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• Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  Victory, Progress, Contentment

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• There are those special projects that don't ever feel like work but just a blessing to be a part of, and 'Revolution' is one of those projects.

  Daniella Alonso

  Special, Revolution, Projects

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• God's dream is that you have an abundance, that you be totally out of debt, pay your house off, pay your credit cards off, and have so much overflow that you can be a blessing to everyone around you!

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, House, Cards

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• Riches are a blessing or a curse to a man according as he has or has not a heart to make good use of them.

  Matthew Henry

  Heart, Men, Use

  Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.3674, Harper Collins

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• The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

  Cory Booker

  Attitude, Block, Opportunity

  FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Jan 31, 2015

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• For a long time I didn't know what I wanted or what I loved to do. Friends had that blessing and I remember thinking when I would have my turn. Then, in 9th Grade I sort of fell into playing Danny Zuko randomly in that years GREASE themed portion of the dance show. The moment I hit the stage I think something in me knew. Even in rehearsals. I'd fallen in Love.

  E.J. Bonilla

  Thinking, Years, Long

  "LatinoBuzz Interview: E.J. Bonilla on His Hot-Blooded Performance in ‘The House That Jack Built’" by Juan Caceres, www.indiewire.com. November 21, 2015.

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• If you get on a TV show that's successful, odds are that you're playing the same character for as many years as the show is running, which can be its own blessing, but it can also be a curse because you're playing the same thing and that can be tiresome.

  Sarah Paulson

  Running, Character, Successful

  Source: collider.com

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