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When we realize that God is the perfection of all that we long for or desire, that he is the summation if everything beautiful or desirable, then we realize that the greatest joy of the life to come will be the that we shall see his face.
Wayne Grudem
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God alone gives the ultimate definition of what is significant and what is not significant in the universe, and if he counts us significant, then we are!
Wayne Grudem
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Every creature is continually changing. It is changeable, constantly striving, seeking rest and satisfaction, and finds this rest in God, in him alone, for only he is pure being and not becoming. Hence, in Scripture God is often called the Rock…
The great Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck
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The difference between the true God and the gods of the nations
The true God carries and the other gods must be carried. God serves; they must be served. God glorifies his might by showing mercy. They glorify theirs by gathering slaves.
Fullness of joy
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)
With him you find the greatest joy. Joy that supersedes everything and anything you’ve ever experienced.
This joy also excels in yet another perspective, than being the the greatest. It’s not temporal as earthly joy.
His pleasures are forevermore.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.
Jim Elliot
Speared to death by the Huaorani Indians on the Curaray River in Ecuador
Speared to death by the Huaorani Indians on the Curaray River in Ecuador
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And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 35:10
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