Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.
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Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Hope drives action and fosters achievement.
This quote emphasizes the fundamental role hope plays in motivating individuals to take action and pursue their goals. Without hope, the desire to achieve or improve would be greatly diminished, as it is hope that inspires belief in a better future and encourages people to work towards it.
Themes
HopeActionInspirationAchievementMotivation
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about overcoming challenges, one could say, 'Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.'
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It is the part of a Christian to take care of his own body for the very purpose that, by its soundness and wellbeing, he may be enabled to labour, and to acquire and preserve property, for the aid of those who are in want, that thus the stronger member may serve the weaker member, and we may be children of God, and busy for one another, bearing one another's burdens, and so fulfiling the law of Christ.
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Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.
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We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.
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In a mouse we admire God's creation and craft work. The same may be said about flies.
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