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“The new covenant is purchased by the blood of Christ, effected by the Spirit of Christ, and appropriated by faith in Christ.”
― John Piper, Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent

“The trouble with Mr. Howard is that he's a leetle TOO clever. He thinks that he's bound to live up to his cleverness, and that it's smarter to thrash out some new way of getting to heaven than to go by the old track the common, ignorant folks is travelling. But”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne:The Green Gables complete Collection, #1-8

“Every difficulty and every temptation that comes our way, if we receive it correctly, is God’s opportunity.”
― Lettie B. Cowman, Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

“Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round and pluck blackberries.”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning