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“God-taught hoping [specifically in the second coming] leads to God-given strengthening.” -Pg 103

“…give all you readily, easily, and comfortably can, and then prove your zeal and wholeheartedness for God by given something more.” -Pg 78

“Society (which Scripture calls ‘the world’) sees each person’s money as his own possession, to use as he likes. Scripture, however, seee our money as a trust from God, to be used for His glory.” -Pg 74

“All spiritual gifts are, from one standpoint, disciplines of discipleship, and if we are not actively traveling the path of generous giving, it will have to be said of us straightaway that we really are weak and deficient in our discipleship to and dependence upon Jesus Christ our Lord.”
-Pg 73

“For all Christians, the likelihood is rather that as our discipleship continues, God will make us increasingly weakness-conscious and pain-aware, so that we may learn with Paul that when we are conscious of being weak, then—and only then—may we become truly strong in the Lord.” -Pg 54

“Reconciliation…[means] turning a state of alienation, hostility, and apartness into a state of intimate, affectionate, harmonious togetherness on a permanent basis.” -Pg 43