Caryll Houselander Quotes
In every passerby, everywhere - Christ . . . He is in everyone - there can be no outcasts.
Quotes to Explore
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Character in a saint means the disposition of Jesus Christ persistently manifested.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.
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I came to Christ in my early 20s.
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My grandma always had two gods: Jesus Christ and the United States of America. I was no different, and neither was anyone else I knew.
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I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'
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I always related most to Steve McQueen because he was more of an outcast than Robert Redford or Paul Newman.
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This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.
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Disciples of Christ abide in His Word. Those who abide in His Word know the truth and are free.
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The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a while until Christ returns for a 'second' Second Coming. The purpose of the rapture is to allow the saints to meet Jesus in the air as He returns and be included in His entourage during His triumphal descent from Heaven. His coming in this manner will be attended by the general resurrection, the final judgment, and the end of the world.
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We are not doomed to an ultimate conflict with no hope of resolution. The message of the Scripture is one of victory - full, final and ultimate victory. It is not our doom that is certain, but Satan's. His head has been crushed by the heel of Christ, who is the Alpha and Omega.
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Unbelievers can tolerate Christ only as long as He is stripped of His real identity.
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We have to find in Christ, not a mask that conceals our face, but an entire wardrobe of clothing, which is His righteousness.
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As disciples of Christ, we need to feel genuine charity for one another. As we do, new light will come into our own lives. This charity is essential in missionary work, but we must never allow ourselves to treat our neighbors only as potential converts. We have had the sad experience of seeing members of the Church who attempted to convert their neighbors and friends and, when they did not respond, withdrew their friendship and neighborliness. We must not be so anxious to share the gospel that we become insensitive to the feelings of others.
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Never allow anything that divides or destroys the oneness of your life with Christ to remain in your life without facing it.
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I only ask to go where the Lord would have me go, and only to receive what the Lord would have me receive, knowing that more important than sight is the witness that one may have by the witness of the Holy Ghost to his soul that things are so and that Jesus is the Christ, a living personage. Harold B. Lee
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Suffering is an oxymoron. There is unfathomable peace and satisfaction in suffering for Christ. It is as though you have searched endlessly for your purpose in life and now found it in the most unexpected place: In the death of your flesh. It is certainly a moment worth of laughter and dance. And in the end it is not suffering at all. The apostle Paul recommended that we find joy in it. Was he mad?
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Those who truly believe on Jesus Christ are saved from all fear.
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The work that Christ started but could not finish, I - Adolf Hitler - will conclude.
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The proverb has it that Hunger is the best cook. The Law makes afflicted consciences hungry for Christ. Christ tastes good to them. Hungry hearts appreciate Christ. Thirsty souls are what Christ wants. He invites them: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Christ's benefits are so precious that He will dispense them only to those who need them and really desire them.
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Love is costly. T forgive in love costs us our sense of justice. To serve in love costs us time. To share in love costs us money. Every act of love costs us in some way, just as it cost God to love us. But we are to live a life of love just as Christ loves us and gave Himself for us at great cost to Himself.
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We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.
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No one may forsake their neighbors when they are in trouble. Everybody is under obligation to help and support their neighbors as they would themselves like to be helped.
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In every passerby, everywhere - Christ . . . He is in everyone - there can be no outcasts.
