Elaine S. Dalton Quotes
As daughters of God we are each unique and different in our circumstances and experiences. And yet our part matters—because we matter.
Quotes to Explore
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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Attributing to anything or anyone more good than God has attributed to them is not a positive move, nor does it mean that you have done them any good. A single grain of truth is preferable to a bumper harvest of false imaginings.
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Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ.
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What God hath wrought?
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Progress: The process whereby the human race has got rid of whiskers, the vermiform appendix and God.
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This is the first time in history that we’ve had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.
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Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.
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It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.
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The uninitiated have real questions and valid concerns over how the things of God appear to them.
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God saved me.
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I grew up Protestant. My dad was a Charismatic pastor of the Families of God denomination. Often, we noticed that - during a lot of his evangelistic-type services - that some of the Amish and Old Order Mennonite couples would come and stand across the street from the church and look in the door.
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The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God.
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People have to render judgment. In my case, I've said upfront openly, I've made mistakes at times. I've had to go to God for forgiveness. I've had to seek reconciliation. But I'm also a 68-year-old grandfather, and I think people have to measure who I am now and whether I'm a person they can trust.
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God cannot be realized through intellect.
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We are here on this earth to know God intimately, fully, correctly, and contagiously; to house His holy person in our very bodies, allowing Him to showcase to the world around us His loving nature, His attitude, His thoughts, His emotions, and His actions through the way we live every moment of our lives.
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I've never felt the breath of God – you can take that statement literally or metaphorically – more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me.
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Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience.
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We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.
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As daughters of God we are each unique and different in our circumstances and experiences. And yet our part matters—because we matter.
