Source: Trouble
“We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.”
“That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.”
“It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.”
Source: Goldfinger
“All troubles which we encounter in our life are due to treating the world as real.”
Good Company. The Study Society. 2009
The last sentence of this statement is often misquoted as "You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, / For the people and places you're lucky you're not!"
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Source: An Alarm to the Unconverted aka A Sure Guide to Heaven (first published 1671), P. 143.
Source: Costly Grace, p. 49.
Context: God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God.
Costly grace is the sanctuary of God; it has to be protected from the world, and not thrown to the dogs. It is therefore the living word, the Word of God, which he speaks as it pleases him. Grace is costly because it compels a man to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow him; it is grace because Jesus says: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light."
“Of all graces, faith honours Christ the most; of all graces, Christ honours faith the most.”
On faith - "Reflections On Prophet TB Joshua At 46" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/113095 "American Chronicle" (August 5 2009)
