allan harden

Christ Follower, Husband of Wendy, Dad to Olivia, James & Elijah. (a pilgrim in progress)

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Is there hope for the world? This story says there is. https://t.co/XEC31HppnN

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"The Christian is suspended between blessings received and blessings hoped for, so he should always give thanks."

◆ M. R. VINCENT

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"Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see,
Only Thou are holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity."

—Reginald Heber, “Holy, Holy, Holy”

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"Those blessings are sweetest that are won with prayers and worn with thanks."

◆ THOMAS GOODWIN

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“Pride is a great sin and humility is a great virtue.”

“God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble” (1Pt 5:5).

(Edwin A. Blum, “Romans,” in CSB Study Bible: Notes)

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"The thankfulness of the receiver ought to answer to the benefit of the bestower as the echo answers to the voice."

◆ THOMAS FULLER

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"Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road."

◆ JOHN HENRY JOWETT

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“A nation that does not demand high standards of character in its leaders will end up being a nation of barbarians.” - Chuck Colson

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"In thanking God, we fasten upon His favors to us; in praising and adoring God, we fasten upon His perfections in Himself."

◆ MATTHEW HENRY

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"I give it as my testimony that there is a marvelous therapy in thanksgiving."

◆ JOHN BLANCHARD

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"Prayer without thanksgiving is like a bird without wings."

◆ WILLIAM HENDRIKSEN

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"We should spend as much time in thanking God for His benefits as we do in asking Him for them."

◆ VINCENT DE PAUL

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"Thanks must be given and held as still due."

◆ JOHN TRAPP

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"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."

◆ AMBROSE

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"Hearty thanks must be given to God: such as comes not from the roof of the mouth but the root of the heart."

◆ JOHN TRAPP

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"Run, John, run, the law commands,
Yet finds me neither feet nor hands.
But sweeter news the gospel brings,
It bids me fly and lends me wings."

—attributed to John Berridge

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Guilty, vile, and helpless we,
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement! can it be?
Hallelujah, what a Savior!

—Phillip Bliss, “Man of Sorrows”

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"Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne."

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“God can strike straight strokes with crooked sticks.”

⬩ WILLIAM SECKER
Nonsuch Professor, 43
Ore from the Puritans’ Mine: The Essential Collection of Puritan Quotations.

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"The Lord’s our Rock; in Him we hide,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
Secure whatever ill betide,
A Shelter in the time of storm.
A Shade by day, Defense by night,
A Shelter in the time of storm;
No fears alarm, no foes affright
A Shelter in the time of storm."

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"If you do not worship God seven days a week,
you do not worship Him on one day a week."

—A. W. Tozer