Thomas Fuller: Many favors which God giveth us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own…
Many favors which God giveth us ravel out for want of hemming, through our own unthankfulness; for though prayer purchaseth blessings, giving praise doth keep the quiet possession of them.
In today’s wordsMany of God's favors unravel for lack of hemming because we're ungrateful; prayer wins blessings, but giving praise keeps them.
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- You win in life when you give God something to work with (what are you giving him to work with?) and people something to respect.
- Big Thought: The more you delight yourself in God, the more your life will be delight filled by God!
- Remember, discontentment is human and leads to hopelessness. Dissatisfaction is divine and will lead you to discover the MORE God has for you!
- Remember God's job is not to fit into your political box! Don't shrink who God is to your level of thinking and ideologies! (Isaiah 55:8-11)
- Difficulties are God's errands; and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence, — as a compliment from God.
- Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.