All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
David LivingstoneRead
Without Christ, not one step; with Him, anywhere!
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of faith in Christ as essential for guidance and strength in life.
David Livingstone's quote highlights the belief that without the presence and support of Christ, one cannot progress in life. In contrast, with faith in Christ, one can confidently venture into any situation or challenge, symbolizing that spiritual faith provides the necessary strength and direction for life's journey.
In practice
In a church sermon discussing the importance of faith in daily life.
All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
Do not think me mad. It is not to make money that I believe a Christian should live. The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give.
I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.
I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.
God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.
The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best?
Be relentless and hard on yourself if you are in the habit of talking about the experiences you have had. Faith based on experience is not faith; faith based on Godβs revealed truth is the only faith there is.
The world has yet to see what God will do with a man fully consecrated to Him. By God's help, I aim to be that man.
Receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him whom we receive. Only in this way do we become one with Him, and are given, as it were, a foretaste of the beauty of the heavenly liturgy. The act of adoration outside Mass prolongs and intensifies all that takes place during the liturgical celebration itself.
When you look at the Cross, what do you see? You see Godβs awesome faithfulness. Nothing β not even the instinct to spare His own Son β will turn him back from keeping His word.
O, when it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do.
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