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The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse
Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor
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- You came here to serve and not to govern (see Mt 20:28); realize that you are called to suffer and to work, not to remain in idleness and chatter.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Obedience and subjection
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Chapter 5 The consideration of self
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Genesis 22:2
Martin Luther • Faith Alone: A Daily Devotional
- Christ was despised by people in this world. In his greatest need he was forsaken by his acquaintances and friends in the midst of insults. Christ was willing to suffer and to be despised—how do you dare complain of anything? Christ had enemies and detractors—do you expect everyone to be your friends and benefactors?
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Do not esteem yourself as better than others, for you may be accounted as worse in the sight of God who knows all human hearts.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
my eyes fell upon Mark 10:14–15. Here Jesus says, “Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child he shall not enter therein.”
Dannion Brinkley • Secrets of the Light: Lessons from Heaven
"To die to self, or come from under its power, is not, cannot be done, by any active resistance we can make to it by the powers of nature. The one true way of dying to self is the way of patience, meekness, humility, and resignation to God. This is the truth and perfection of dying to self