Erikel Quotes & Sayings

He who believes in Me ... out of his heart will flow ... " John 7:38 Jesus did not say, "He who believes in Me will realize all the blessings of the fullness of God," but, in essence, "He who believes in Me will have everything he receives escape out of him." Our Lord's teaching was always anti-self-realization. His purpose is not the development of a person - His purpose is to make a person exactly like Himself, and the Son of God is characterized by self-expenditure. If we believe in Jesus, it is not what we gain but what He pours through us that really counts. God's purpose is not simply to make us beautiful, plump grapes, but to make us grapes so that He may squeeze the sweetness out of us. Our spiritual life cannot be measured by success as the world measures it, but only by what God pours through us - and we cannot measure that at all. — Oswald Chambers

HE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED BACK down the empty church, — Sidney Sheldon

I am a new creation in the Christ Jesus. Amen! — Lailah Gifty Akita

How you talk to yourself, in your head, determines how you feel about yourself, and determines the actions you take. — Maddy Malhotra

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person. — Melinda Clarke

A woman's best protection is a little money of her own. — Clare Boothe Luce

No one regards the things before his feet, But views with care the regions of the sky. — Democritus

He let out the amazing truth. For a very long period before the time of Our Ford, and even for some generations afterwards, erotic play between children had been regarded as abnormal (there was a roar of laughter); and not only abnormal, actually immoral (no!): and had therefore been rigorously suppressed. — Aldous Huxley

I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not exist to serve the economy, but the economy exists to serve man ... A society built on consumerism must break down eventually for the same reason socialism did' — Paul Weyrich

Painting reflects. It kills you in a colourful shower of emptiness. Flatness. Randomness. And beauty. Yes, it is the most pure beauty I have ever felt in my life. — Nigel Tomm