Josiah's quotes

Among the Nations

Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

— Psalm 96:2-5

I Dare You To Move

I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
Like today never happened

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?

— Switchfoot

Humility comes with Wisdom

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom

— Proverbs 11:2

Real by Humility

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real

— Thomas Merton

Fundamental Issue

The first and most fundamental issue of sin is pride.

— Harold Warner

Can't See Above

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.

— C.S. Lewis

Nothing is irredeemable

In all my prayers, whether I get the answers I want or not, I can count on this one fact: God can make use of whatever happens. Nothing is irredeemable.

— Phillip Yancey

Never Heard of the First

We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of the first.

— Oswald J. Smith

Confesses Me Before Men

Also I say to you, whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.

— Luke 12:8

Reservations About Serving God

Before we will serve, we stop to ponder our personal and financial concerns— "What if God wants me to go over there? And what about my salary? What is the climate like there? Who will take care of me? A person must consider all these things." All that is an indication that we have reservations about serving God.

— Oswald Chambers

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