Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)C.S. Lewis: -- *The Problem of Pain*
God has not been trying an experiment on my faith or love in order to find out their quality. He knew it already. It was I who didn't.
A.W. Tozer: -- *The Pursuit of God*
God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful that He can, without anything else, bring to us complete and lasting satisfaction.
Tertullian: -- *Apology*, Chapter 39
We are a body knit together as such by a common religious profession, by unity of discipline, and by the bond of a common hope. We meet together as an assembly and congregation, that, offering up prayer to God as with united force, we may wrestle with Him in our supplications. This violence God delights in, for He is pleased to see us pressing Him with our united desires.
Brother Lawrence: -- *The Practice of the Presence of God*
The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.
If God were to answer your deepest unspoken prayer today, would you even recognize it?
Musonius Rufus: -- *Lectures*, "What is the Best Viaticum for Old Age?"
The best provision for old age is to have lived one's life well, and to have the testimony of a good conscience. For a man of good character, even if he is without means and has no one to care for him, can be happy. But one who is evil, even if he has every material blessing, cannot be happy.
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