“The goal is to live with God like composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces.”
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“What we need today are not more laws to govern believers. What we need is a greater revelation and appreciation of Jesus and everything that He has done for us!”
“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.”
“Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.”
“I used to have 30 different species of tarantulas, as well as two Australian scorpions that are considered the deadliest in the world. If stung by one, a person would die in 30 minutes. But when I had kids I had to get rid of them, of course. Those were intense!”
“If people mean that man has in himself the power to work in partnership with God's grace they are most wretchedly deluding themselves.”
“God is undoubtedly ready to pardon whenever the sinner turns. Therefore, he does not will his death, in so far as he wills repentance. But experience shows that this will, for the repentance of those whom he invites to himself, is not such as to make him touch all their hearts. Still, it cannot be said that he acts deceitfully; for though the external word only renders, those who hear it, and do not obey it, inexcusable, it is still truly regarded as an evidence of the grace by which he reconciles men to himself.”
“The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus men practice mutual deception on each other and fall asleep in wicked indifference.”
“The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.”
“When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man.”
“Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.”
“If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover these precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.”
“Music is the 5th gospel.”
“I know I'm not strong enough to be everything that I'm supposed to be. I give up. I'm not stong enough. Hands of mercy won't you cover me? Lord right now I'm asking you to be Strong enough. Strong enough for the both of us.”
“People who have let go of themselves are so pure that the world cannot harm them.”
“When I experience Love I must go to God. When I experience non-attachment God must come to me.”
“Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.”
“I can't speak for the future. I have no crystal ball.”
“Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses. Humans have cut themselves off from their senses. Now they see only a tiny portion of the visible spectrum, hear only the loudest of sounds, their sense of smell is shockingly poor and they can only distinguish the sweetest and sourest of tastes.”
“Once you are present in the Energyfield of Self-discovery, it's like you are a piece of ice in warm water. The warm water is the Self. The ice is the mind. The warm water is not fighting with the ice. The ice can not resist the melting. It is a natural and fatal attraction.”