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"There are two great days in a person's life — the day we are born and the day we discover why." 

— William Barclay

{ One Hundred Fifty-Nine }

"Something beautiful, something grand.  All of my confusion, He understands.  All I have to offer Him is brokenness and strife, but He can make something beautiful out of my life." 

~Unknown (From a Song)

{ One Hundred Fifty-Eight }

"When you consume your life with the Word and prayer you will touch the world with every step you take." 

~Keith Daniels

{ One Hundred Fifty-Seven }

"There is never a majestic mountain without a deep valley, and there is not birth without pain." 

~Daniel Crawford

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"An ordinary woman who makes herself available to an extraordinary God can do amazing things for God.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world."


Elizabeth George Elliot

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"It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self to Jesus; but Satan’s work is just the opposite of this, for he is constantly trying to make us regard ourselves instead of Christ... look... to Jesus, the author and finisher of thy faith. We shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul... Keep thine eye simply on him; let his death, his sufferings, his merits, his glories, his intercession, be fresh upon thy mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to him; when thou liest down at night look to him. Oh! let not thy hopes or fears come between thee and Jesus; follow hard after him, and he will never fail thee." 

- C. H. Spurgeon

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{ One Hundred Thirty }

"We hear it said that a person’s life will suffer if he doesn’t pray, but I question that. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God in him, which is nourished not by food, but by prayer. . . . We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself."

~Oswald Chambers