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You will never be more secure, you will never be more safe, and you will never be happier, more satisfied, than when you are trusting and obeying: resting in sovereignty and surrendering to sovereignty.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

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Mark it down—your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.
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Holiness is not just for some select few spiritual giants it is not just for pious people who sit around all day with nothing to do but “be holy.”... “Everyone who names the name of the Lord” is called to live a holy life!
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God's Will is what we would choose if we knew what God knows.
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We want gain without pain we want the resurrection without going through the grave we want life without experiencing death we want a crown without going by way of the Cross. But in God's economy, the way up is down.
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An evidence that our will has been broken is that we begin to thank God for that which once seemed so bitter, knowing that his will is good and that, in His time and in His way, He is able to make the most bitter waters sweet.
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I am convinced that the influence of an army of godly women will be incalculable--in our homes, our churches, and our culture. Will you be one of those women?
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I want to live in such a way that, if it is only twenty-nine more days or twenty-nine more weeks, or if it is twenty-nine more years or more, I want to faithful with each one of those-that I could go and meet the Lord without regrets, without unfinished business.
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