Underscored Define Quotes & Sayings

Paul prays in Ephesians 3:19 that we may "know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge." And he says in Philippians 3:8, "I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." This knowing is no mere intellectual knowledge. The devils have such knowledge and tremble (Jas. 2:19). This knowing "surpasses knowledge." This knowing includes tasting and seeing. It is the knowledge of honey that you have only when you put it on your tongue and taste that it is sweet. Therefore, knowing Christ in this way means seeing him for who he really is and enjoying him above all things. — John Piper

He was just scraps of words and dislocated phrases. — Thomas Bernhard

I really think everything happens for a reason. — Lily Collins

I stood benumbed. The man was like an electric shock
nothing to hold on to and you don't know what hit you. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Think of today as an opportunity to discover and grow beyond your mental and emotional discomfort. — James Van Praagh

To return to nature is to embrace extinction. — Mark X.

The reason that we have both good and wicked thoughts together is not, as some suppose, because the Holy Spirit and the devil dwell together in our intellect, but because we have not yet consciously experienced the goodness of the Lord. As I have said before, grace at first conceals its presence in those who have been baptized, waiting to see which way the soul inclines; but when the whole man has turned toward the Lord, it then reveals to the heart its presence there with a feeling words cannot express. — Diadochos Of Photiki