Benjamin L. Corey Quotes
When we see God through a fear-based lens, we end up with an inaccurate view of ourselves.
Quotes to Explore
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
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God has been pleased to save us during the years of war that have already passed. We pray that He may be pleased to save us to the end. But we must do our part.
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God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.
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God's not complicated - He's really not. And He helps people in their everyday life so that they can get better in relationships, in their job situations, in getting through grief.
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.
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Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too.
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I don't think there is a need for an entity like God in my life.
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The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth.
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And then I realized I was being checked out by GUYS! And I know they were checking me out, because they were looking at me like I look at tacos. And I thought to myself, 'Oh my god, I can turn on a man! Grins and struts Shoot!' And I called my girlfriend, and I said, 'Baby, you better not mess this up; I have options!'
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
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I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its operations - not because of the relentless attacks we have had on its national leadership in Pakistan, but because its strategic objective is to dominate and control Muslim countries in the region.
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Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.
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If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to.
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When we see God through a fear-based lens, we end up with an inaccurate view of ourselves.
