Kingdoms Quotes - Page 34

• Oh, what a favored people we are to have this light, this knowledge, these opportunities for happiness on earth and throughout the eternities. May we commit to share a knowledge of this magnificent work, personally or through missionaries, with our friends and neighbors that they may join this kingdom of God on earth, and receive the consummate, eternal blessings available to them.

  Richard G. Scott

  Blessing, Opportunity, Light

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• The dangers that exist are real, but only illustrate the fact that men and women need Christ. The suffering and dying of missionaries advance the Kingdom as nothing else could and the blood of the saints has ever been the seed and fuel of gospel advance.

  David Sills

  Real, Men, Blood

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• ...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.

  William Carey

  Common Sense, Missionary, Fields

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• Holiness has never been the driving force of the majority. It is, however, mandatory for anyone who wants to enter the kingdom.

  Elisabeth Elliot

  Majority, Holiness, Want

  Elisabeth Elliot (2006). “Discipline: The Glad Surrender”, p.42, Revell

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• The vegetarian movement ought to fill with gladness the souls of those who have at heart the realization of God's kingdom upon earth, not because vegetarianism itself is such an important step towards the realization of this kingdom (all real steps are equally important or unimportant), but because it serves as a criterion by which we know that the pursuit of moral perfection on the part of man is genuine and sincere.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Real, Heart, Men

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• Those who believe for a while make only a brief tour in the kingdom, though thereafter they often feel qualified to inform those who know even less about the Church; but the fact is they were really only tourists - not natives who really knew the kingdom's countryside.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Believe, Church, Tourists

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• In the month of October, the universal Church highlights her missionary vocation. Guided by the Holy Spirit she knows she is called to pursue the work of Jesus himself, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom of God which is "righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit"

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Joy, Church

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• The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.

  Pope Gregory I

  Real, Angel, Heaven

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• One simply cannot come to a cause like the kingdom of God, with its celestial concepts, and not appreciate and identify with what Ammon said: "Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Appreciation, Appreciate, Causes

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• The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth. It is as though he himself disappears; everywhere and in everything he wishes to see God-in himself and in others. 'Let everything by Thine, not mine.'

  John of Kronstadt

  Heart, Men, Names

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• The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Bible, Christian, Lying

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• And he who gives a child a treat Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven's street, And he who gives a child a home Builds palaces in Kingdom come, And she who gives a baby birth Brings Saviour Christ again to Earth.

  John Masefield

  Baby, Children, Home

  John Masefield (1978). “Selected poems”, Not Avail

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• I don't know! Nobody has ever known. Why would Jesus have remained unmarried if he had known the secret? He knew the secret of the kingdom of God, but he did not know the secret of remaining happy in marriage. He remained unmarried. Mahavira, Lao Tzu Chuang Tzu, they all remained unmarried for the simple reason that there is no secret; otherwise these people would have discovered it. They could discover the ultimate - marriage is not such a big thing, it is very shallow - they even fathomed God, but they could not fathom marriage.

  Rajneesh

  Marriage, Jesus, Simple

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• I just don't think pastors should turn their pulpits into public policy platforms. It cheapens the gospel. Our congregation doesn't need another political opinion. They need spiritual revelation. They don't need to think about politics on the weekend. They need to be reminded to seek first the kingdom of God.

  Mark Batterson

  Spiritual, Weekend, Thinking

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• A man cannot utter two or three sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought, whether in the kingdom of the senses and the understanding, or in that of ideas and imagination, or in the realm of intuitions and duty.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Intelligent, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.434

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• If we seek first the Kingdom of God and live as we should, all the rest of life seems to fall into place and wonderful things happen.

  David B. Haight

  Life, Fall, Firsts

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• We've had a wonderful, wonderful life together. We've been in many places, we've had the experiences, and now we have the memories. But most of all we have developed the solid knowledge and understanding and background regarding the foundation stones of life, so that we know for a surety that what we are doing [in helping to build the Kingdom of God] is true. Those foundation stones are granite stones; not soft, not limestones. They are granite.

  David B. Haight

  Life, Memories, Knowledge

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• The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Kings, Ego, World

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

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• Rule a kingdom as though you were cooking a small fish - don't overdo it.

  Laozi

  Leadership, Cooking, Overdoing It

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• Trees have from time immemorial been closely associated with magic. These stout members of the vegetable kingdom may stand for as long as a thousand years, and tower far above our mortal heads. As such they are symbols and keepers of unlimited power, longevity, and timelessness. An untouched forest, studded with trees of all ages, sizes and types, is more than a mysterious, magical place - it is one of the energy reservoirs of nature. Within its boundaries stand ancient and new sentinels, guardians of the universal force which has manifested on the the Earth. . . .

  Scott Cunningham

  Vegetables, Years, Long

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• Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.

  Pope John Paul II

  Eye, Catholic, Suffering

  Pope John Paul II (1988). “Daily Meditations of John Paul II”

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• To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

  Francois Fenelon

  Catholic, Reservations, Circumstances

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• The coming of the kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.

  Luke the Evangelist

  Catholic, Looks, Kingdom Of God

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• Kingdom Authority is the God-given mandate of Christians to exercise control over the world in the name of Jesus and under His oversight.

  Adrian Rogers

  Christian, Jesus, Exercise

  Adrian Rogers (2002). “The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority: Getting an Upper Hand on the Underworld”, p.1, B&H Publishing Group

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• A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure. Librarians are the majesties who loan the jewels of measure. They welcome to the kingdom the young and old of reapers and reign among the riches as the wondrous fortune keepers.

  Pam Muñoz Ryan

  Book, Jewels, Library

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