"Often our real failure is not being rejected, but being too afraid of rejection to take a step of faith. Whatever storms lie ahead, the Lord's grace is enough to carry us through."
— IntoOne
Source: IntoOne meditation
Missionary work, rejection
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"Mr. Duff, you have been speaking about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey; When I am gone, say nothing about Dr. Carey—speak about Dr. Carey's Saviour."
— William Carey
Source: Carey to Alexander Duff in his last illness, in George Smith, The Life of William Carey, Shoemaker & Missionary (1885), ch. XVI
Weakness, strength
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"We read in Holy Scripture, both that God's mercy shall meet me, and that His mercy shall follow me. It goes before the unwilling to make him willing; it follows the willing to make his will effectual."
— Augustine
Source: Enchiridion, ch. 32
Calling, Supporting
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"For faith must rule and govern, in and over all things, both spiritual and temporal; the heart must believe most certainly that God looks upon us, loves, helps, and will not forsake us."
— Martin Luther
Source: Table Talk, No. CCLXIX (Of the Catechism), tr. William Hazlitt
Leading, the road
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"Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life: gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness, it should be rather an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God."
— Oswald Chambers
Source: My Utmost for His Highest, April 29, "The Graciousness of Uncertainty"
Smoothly, Reliable, Safe
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"It is the very time for faith to work, when sight ceases. The greater the difficulties, the easier for faith. As long as there remain certain natural prospects, faith does not get on even as easily (if I may say so), as when all natural prospects fail."
— George Müller
Source: A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller