A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary.
If from thy secret bed Of luxury unbidden offspring rise, Let them be kindly welcom'd to the day.
Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain.
Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene supports the mind supports the body too.
Money can purchase the symbols but not the causes of serenity and buoyancy. In a straightforward way we must agree that money cannot buy happiness.
For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds.
How happy he whose toil Has o'er his languid pow'rless limbs diffus'd A pleasing lassitude; he not in vain Invokes the gentle Deity of dreams. His pow'rs the most voluptuously dissolve In soft repose; on him the balmy dews Of Sleep with double nutriment descend.
I have been very fortunate in that I'm not doing all network shows or all cable shows, television has really become a year-round process in the way that it's made.
Lust is not the worst thing. It is because any day, any time, lust may turn into love that we have to avoid it. And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.
Americans are very big about loving the dog first, so when you tell them you have to set rules and limitations, a lot of people believe it's going to hurt their feelings. They're actually looking for you to be the pack leader.
Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.