I Know That There Is A God - The God Within Me That's Always Present And Will Protect Me. I'm Not Afraid To Climb Any Mountain, Because I Know That I'm Protected. Even If I Fall And Die, I'm Still Protected. My Faith Is On That Level.
I Meditate And Pray All The Time. The Faith And Respect That I Have In The Power Of God In My Life Is What I've Used To Keep Myself Grounded, And It Has Allowed Me To Move Away From The Storms That Were In My Life.
The Holy Ghost Causes Our Feelings To Be More Tender. We Feel More Charitable And Compassionate With Each Other. We Are More Calm In Our Relationships. We Have A Greater Capacity To Love Each Other. People Want To Be Around Us Because Our Very Countenances Radiate The Influence Of The Spirit. We Are More Godly In Our Character. As A Result, We Become Increasingly More Sensitive To The Promptings Of The Holy Ghost And Thus Able To Comprehend Spiritual Things More Clearly.
Godly Sorrow Is A Gift Of The Spirit. It Is A Deep Realization That Our Actions Have Offended Our Father And Our God. It Is The Sharp And Keen Awareness That Our Behavior Caused The Savior, He Who Knew No Sin, Even The Greatest Of All, To Endure Agony And Suffering.
Deluded Liberal That I Am, I Persist In Thinking That Those With A Streak Of Sexual Unorthodoxy Ought To Be More Tolerant Of Their Fellows Than Those Who Lead An Entirely Godly, Righteous And Sober Life. Illogically, I Tend To Assume That If You ( Philip Larkin) Dream Of Caning Schoolgirls Bottoms, It Disqualifies You From Dismissing Half The Nation As Work-shy.
If History Records Good Things About Good People, The Thoughtful Hearer Is Encouraged To Imitate What Is Good; Or If It Records The Evil Of Wicked People, The Godly Listener Or Reader Is Encouraged To Avoid All That Is Sinful And Bad, And To Do What He Knows To Be Good And Pleasing To God.
When We Speak To Drunkards, Worldlings, Or Any Ignorant, Unconverted Men, We Disgrace Them As In That Condition To The Utmost, And Lay It On As Plainly As We Can Speak, And Tell Them Of Their Sin, And Shame, And Misery: And We Expect, Not Only That They Should Bear All Patiently, But Take All Thankfully, And We Have Good Reasons For All This; And Most That I Deal With Do Take It Patiently... But If We Speak To A Godly Minister Against His Errors Or Any Sin... If It Be Not More An Applause Than A Reprehension, They Take It As An Injury Almost Insufferable.
I Remember Myself, That When I Was Young, I Had Sometime The Company Of One Ancient Godly Minister, Who Was Of Weaker Parts Than Many Others, But Yet Did Profit Me More Than Most; Because He Would Never In Prayer Or Conference Speak Of God, Or The Life To Come, But With Such Marvelous Seriousness And Reverence, As If He Had Seen The Majesty And Glory Which He Talked Of.
Keep Company With The More Cheerful Sort Of The Godly; There Is No Mirth Like The Mirth Of Believers.
It Is The Indispensable Duty Of Those, Who Maintain For Themselves The Rights Of Human Nature, And Who Possess The Obligations Of Christianity, To Extend Their Power And Influence To The Relief Of Every Part Of The Human Race From Whatever Burden Or Oppression They May Unjustly Labor Under.
