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Stained glass window at Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, depicting the Fruit of the Holy Spirit along with Biblical role models representing them: the Good Shepherd representing love, an angel holding a scroll with the Gloria in excelsis Deo representing joy and Jesus Christ, Job representing longsuffering, Jonathan faith, Ruth gentleness and goodness, Moses meekness, and John the Baptist ...
And they who love peace, they are the sons of peace. [6] Hilary of Poitiers: The blessedness of the peacemakers is the reward of adoption, they shall be called the sons of God. For God is our common parent, and no other way can we pass into His family than by living in brotherly love together. [6]
To love God is to wish Him all honour and glory and every good, and to endeavour, as far as one can, to obtain it for Him. John 14:23 notes a unique feature of reciprocity that makes charity a veritable friendship of man with God. "Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling ...
"Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead." - C.S. Lewis "The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in ...
“Gratitude and love are always multiplied when you give freely. It is an infinite source of contentment and prosperous energy.” — Jim Fargiano, “The Spoken Words of Spirit: Lessons from ...
People who are more grateful have higher levels of subjective well-being. Grateful people are happier, less depressed, less stressed, [27] and more satisfied with their lives and social relationships. [23] [28] [29] Gratitude may shield against depression by enhancing the encoding and recall of positive experiences. [30]
― Maya Angelou, “Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer” “Have gratitude for all that you have, and you can be happy exactly as you are.” — Mandy Ingber
The commandment to love God in Deut. 6 is taken by the Mishnah (a central text of the Jewish oral law) to refer to good deeds, willingness to sacrifice one's life rather than commit certain serious transgressions, willingness to sacrifice all one's possessions and being grateful to the Lord despite adversity (tractate Berachoth 9:5, tractate ...