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Andrew Murray
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Matthew 17:21, Mark 9:29
Sorrow and anxiety cannot eat: joy celebrates its feasts with eating and drinking… We are creatures of the senses: our mind is helped by what comes to us embodied in concrete form; fasting helps to ex...
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A. W. Tozer
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Matthew 17:20, Matthew 19:20, Mark 10:27, Luke 1:37, Luke 18:27, Colossians 3:23-24, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 4:13, Philippians 2:13
God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible. What a pity that we plan only the things we can do by ourselves.
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Divine Revelation: Moody's Sacred Moment
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Dallas Willard
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Matthew 17:1-9, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 16:9-10, Genesis 28:10-17, Revelation 1:9-20
After many years of highly successful ministry, Dwight Lyman Moody had an experience of which he himself said, I cannot describe it, I seldom refer to it, it is almost too sacred an experience to name...
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Gracious God, thank you for the beauty
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Mark D. Roberts
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Matthew 17:14-20
Gracious God, thank you for the beauty of this world. Sometimes we can get wrapped up in its pain and brokenness so much that we miss its wonders. Today we pause to thank you for the beauty of your cr...
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Almighty God, you have surprised us
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Scott B. Bullock
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Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 13:44, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 139:7-10, 1 John 1:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Luke 2:1-20, John 4:7-26, John 21:1-14, Luke 24:13-35, Matthew 17:1-8, Luke 2:25-38, Luke 1:35-38, Hebrews 13:2, Isaiah 43:19
Almighty God, you have surprised us with your presence in unexpected ways. In the expectations of our routine, we have missed the treasure that you place before us. We come to worship you in community...
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Invocation of the Holy Spirit
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The Northumbria Community
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John 14:26, Acts 9:1-19, Matthew 17:1-8, Isaiah 61:1, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Acts 2:1-4, Acts 2:1-41
Most powerful Holy Spirit, come down upon us and subdue us. From heaven, where the ordinary is made glorious, and glory seems but ordinary, bathe us with the brilliance of Your light like dew.
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O God, whose reason rules the world,
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Boethius
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Proverbs 8:22-31, 2 Corinthians 12:1-4, Exodus 19:16-20, Matthew 17:1-8, Job 38:41
O God, whose reason rules the world, who formed the starry heights above, timeless, time’s chain far forth you hurled, unmoved, gave all things power to move. Prevailed on by no outside cause to fashi...
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Withdrawing to a Lonely Place Apart
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Richard J. Foster
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- Meditation
- Jesus' Earthly Ministry
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Matthew 14:13, Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 6:12, Matthew 14:23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:31, Luke 5:16, Matthew 17:1-9, Matthew 26:36-46
In the midst of an exceedingly busy ministry Jesus made a habit of withdrawing to “a lonely place apart” (Matt. 14:13; see also Matt. 4:1-11, Luke 6:12, Matt. 14:23, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:31, Luke 5:16, M...
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David Jeremiah
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- Christmas
- Christmas Gift-Giving
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John 14:27, Matthew 1:22-23, Luke 2:15-20, Luke 10:38-42, Galatians 2:20, John 15:4-5, Matthew 17:1-9, John 6:35, Matthew 28:20, Joshua 1:9
All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.
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Pope Paul VI
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- Christmas
- Encounter
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Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:25-35, John 1:14, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 3:13-17, John 3:1-21, Matthew 17:1-8
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.
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All Flame
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Andrew Arndt
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Matthew 17:1-2, Matthew 17:5, John 4:1-42, John 4:28-30, John 4:39, John 4:13-14, John 1:29-34
There’s a story told in The Sayings of the Desert Fathers…Abba Lot said to Abba Joseph, “Abba, as far as I can I say my little office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far ...
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The Blue Pill or the Red Pill
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Mark Batterson
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- Faith
- Taking A Leap Of Faith
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Philippians 3:14, John 20:29, James 1:5-6, Romans 10:17, Matthew 17:20, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6
There is an iconic scene in the cult classic The Matrix that makes for a great metaphor. Morpheus gives Neo a choice between two pills: You can take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake up in y...
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John Hall Wheelock
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- Fear
- Love
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Psalm 33:8, Isaiah 6:1-8, Matthew 17:1-9, Exodus 3:1-6, John 15:13
Love so great, is to be half afraid— It is like looking at the sun That blinds the eye with truth.
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Darth Vader
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- Faith
- Lack of Faith
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1 Peter 1:8-9, Ephesians 2:8, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 10:17, Mark 9:23, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6
I find your lack of faith—disturbing.
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Francis Chan
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Isaiah 40:31, Matthew 17:20, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 4:13, Romans 1:17
What are you doing right now that requires faith?
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Mark Twain
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- Faith
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Mark 9:23, John 20:29, Matthew 17:20, Proverbs 3:5-6, James 1:6, Romans 10:17
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. (1897)Consider checking out our illustrations page on Faith.
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V. Raymond Edman
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- Faith
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Romans 8:28, Psalm 46:1-2, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Matthew 17:20, James 1:6
Faith is dead to doubts— dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. Faith lifts its hand up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in hea...
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Martin Luther
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- Control
- Faith
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Matthew 17:20, Psalm 34:8, Isaiah 26:3-4, Jeremiah 17:7-8, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 8:24-25, Proverbs 3:5-6
Faith is a free surrender and a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.
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Alistair Begg
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Matthew 17:20-21, 1 Corinthians 3:6-7, Revelation 11:15, Daniel 2:44, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 13:33
The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don’t underestimate God’s power.
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J.D. Salinger
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- Jesus
- The Bible
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John 14:9-10, Matthew 11:27, John 1:18, Luke 2:46-49, Matthew 17:1-5, John 2:13-17, Exodus 33:18-23
Who [in the Bible] besides Jesus really knew which end was up? Nobody. . . . Jesus realized there is no separation from God.
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Randy Alcorn
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- Jesus
- Christians
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John 14:9, Hebrews 1:3, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 17:1-8, Acts 4:13, Galatians 1:23-24, Colossians 1:15
People had only to look at Jesus to see what God is like. People today should only have to look at us to see what Jesus is like.
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Shane Claiborne
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Luke 24:27, John 5:39-40, Hebrews 1:1-3, Matthew 5:7, Matthew 17:1-5, John 8:1-11
The whole Bible is God’s Word to us, but Jesus is the sniff test through which we understand it all.
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Helen Keller
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- Hope
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Matthew 17:20, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 3:20, Philippians 4:13, Mark 11:24, 2 Corinthians 4:18
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

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