The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the Lord.
Interpretation
Finding joy in one's spiritual life is essential for overall happiness.
This quote emphasizes the importance of spiritual contentment and happiness as a priority in daily life. George Muller encourages individuals to nurture their inner joy and connection with the divine, suggesting that this spiritual happiness forms the foundation of a fulfilling life.
In practice
In a sermon about finding peace in difficult times, this quote can be used to remind the congregation to seek joy in their faith.
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.
The longer I live, the more I am enabled to realize that I have but one life to live on Earth, and that this one life is but a brief life, for sowing, in comparison with eternity, for reaping.
The less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.
The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.
I desire many things concerning myself; but I desire nothing so much, as to have a heart filled with love to the Lord. I long for a warm personal attachment to Him.
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts.
We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity.
The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of Christian, but the fact that I am a Christian makes me a different kind of woman.
God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.
The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.
A prayerless church member is a hindrance. He is in the body like a rotting bone or a decayed tooth. Before long, since he does not contribute to the benefit of his brethren, he will become a danger and a sorrow to them. Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.
In the difficult moments of life, Christians can turn to the Mother of God and find protection and care.
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