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“In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“his “religious convictions were superior in depth and purity to those, not only of political leaders of his day, but of religious leaders of the era.”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. Abraham Lincoln”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“Probably it is to be my lot to go on in twilight, feeling and reasoning my way through life, as questioning, doubting Thomas did. But in my poor, maimed way, I bear with me as I go on a spirit of desire for a faith that was with him of olden time, who, in his need, as I in mine, exclaimed, “Help thou my unbelief. ” Abraham Lincoln”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“Lincoln was sure God was on his side. His confidence in the righteousness of his case was unshakable. What he worried about was whether he was on God’s side. He worried that his integrity, diligence in prayer, and character weren’t worthy of God’s holiness. “I am not at all concerned that the Lord is on the North’s side in the war, for I know the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side,” he said. Lincoln recognized the awesome responsibility of being used by God, and he feared not living up to the responsibility. Are you on God’s side? If you believe God is on your side, make sure you’re on his.”
― Thomas Freiling, Abraham Lincoln's Daily Treasure: Moments of Faith with America's Favorite President—Devotional Readings with Insights of Wisdom and Courage from US President Abraham Lincoln

“Lincoln cautioned, “Intoxicated by unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.” Your weakness is made perfect in God’s”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“To these warnings Lincoln replied: “I see no other safeguard against these murderers, but to be always ready to die, as Christ advises it. As we must all die sooner or later, it makes very little difference to me whether I die from a dagger plunged through the heart or from an inflammation of the lungs.”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“Week 24 Day 4 Give a Second Chance Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. Psalm 71:20 From every piercing sorrow That heaves our breast to-day, Or threatens us to-morrow, Hope turns our eyes away; On wings of faith ascending, We see the land of light, And feel our sorrows ending In infinite delight. Given the responsibility to decide the fate of a court-martialed soldier, would you be willing to give a second chance? As commander in chief, Lincoln was ultimately the one to decide whether or not a young soldier would live or die. Often the convicted soldier would not be much older than a child, not even eighteen years old. At the behest of some of his generals, Lincoln stood firm in his desire to give the younger men a second chance. “I am unwilling for any boy under eighteen to be shot,” he demanded. These young men, according to Lincoln, deserved to learn a lesson by which to live, not die. Many of them ultimately became good husbands and fathers, and some of them even became great military leaders. Lincoln’s forgiving attitude gave them the chance to begin again. Do you help other people start over, or are you eager to put an end to them?”
― Thomas Freiling, Abraham Lincoln's Daily Treasure: Moments of Faith with America's Favorite President—Devotional Readings with Insights of Wisdom and Courage from US President Abraham Lincoln

“You boys remind me of a farmer friend of mine in Illinois, who said he could never understand why the Lord put the curl in a pig’s tail. It never seemed to him to be either useful or ornamental, but he reckoned the Almighty knew what he was doing when he put it there.” In other words, notes Wilson in Lincoln’s Sword, “Just because we can’t understand the purpose of things, however insignificant, doesn’t mean that there is none.” We”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“Abe was awful lazy . . . he was always reading and thinking—”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“clergyman who expressed the hope that the “Lord was on our side.” Lincoln responded, “I am not at all concerned about that, for I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord’s side.” How”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President