Man is a paradoxical being-the constant glory and scandal of this world.
You may glory in a team triumphant. . . But you fall in love with a team in defeat.
I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.
At one level, the message of the book of Ruth is that the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there.
Man, being essentially active, must find in activity his joy, as well as his beauty and glory; and labor, like every thing else that is good, is its own reward.
You must strive with all possible care to please God in such a manner as neither to do nor behold anything, without first consulting Him, and in everything to seek Him alone and His glory.
I go to spread the tidings, I want to spread the tidings of what? Of the truth , for I have seen it, have seen it with my own eyes , have seen it in all its glory.
We study the glory of God, and the honour and liberty of parliament, for which we unanimously fight, without seeking our own interests. . . I profess I could never satisfy myself on the justness of this war, but from the authority of the parliament to maintain itself in its rights; and in this cause I hope to prove myself an honest man and single-hearted.
Open your heart and listen to what it is telling you. Follow your dreams, because only a man who is unashamed of himself can manifest the glory of God.
Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance.
If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.
When we know Christ, we always know how things are going to go. . . always for our good and always for His glory.
I think I've been a good boy long enough and given everyone around me a fair piece of the pie as far as all of the fleeting glory and reward that comes from the heavens - or the music press, whatever you want to call it.
The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory.
there is no glory in punishing
Worship is living our life individually and corporately as continuous living sacrifices to the glory of a person or thing.
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.
The marvel of heaven and earth, of time and eternity, is the atoning death of Jesus Christ. This is the mystery that brings more glory to God than all creation.
But trailing clouds of glory do we come, From God, who is our home: Heaven lies about us in our infancy!.
And while blood's the only language that your deaf old ears can hear And still you will not answer with that message coming clear Does it mean there's no more ripples in your tired old glory stream And the buzzards own the carcass of your dream?