"They robbed me, but I am grateful: first, I had never been robbed before; second, they took my money but not my life; third, although they took everything I had, it was actually not much; fourth, I was the one who was robbed, not the one who robbed others."
— Matthew Henry
Source: The Life of Reverend Matthew Henry
grateful
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"Cheap grace is grace we give to ourselves; it is forgiveness without the requirement of repentance, baptism without church discipline, and communion without confession. It is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, and grace without the living, incarnate Christ."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Grace, Repentance
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"Christians are not called to avoid battle, but to win it—through the One who died and rose again for us."
— Spurgeon
Source: Morning and Evening Prayers
Victory
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"God never disappoints His children; if He delays, it is because His timing is more perfect than ours."
— Spurgeon
Source: Morning Dew
Disappointment, time
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"The Lord’s purpose is not to make His children comfortable in this world, but to sanctify them and prepare them for heaven."
— Spurgeon
Source: Morning and Evening Devotions
Holy, Heaven
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"What matters most in your life is not what you do, but who you become."