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Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know,to love what I ought to love,to praise what delights Thee most,to value what is precious in Thy sight,to hate what is offensive to Thee.Do not suffer me to judge according to the sight of my eyes,nor to pass sentence according to the hearing of …
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One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord, and to seek him in his temple. (Psalm 27:4) "A leader who leads well is a lifelong learner, always …
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“I can resist anything except temptation.” - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan "Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose." - Richard Sibbes "A celebrated decadent wrote, ‘The only way to get rid of a temptation is to …
Matthew Erickson 