We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
Dwight L. MoodyRead
We ought to see the face of God every morning before we see the face of man.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of spiritual reflection before engaging with the world.
This quote by Dwight L. Moody suggests that one should prioritize spiritual or inner contemplation before interacting with others each day. It implies that by connecting with a higher power or focusing on personal values first, an individual can better handle the demands and interactions of daily life with perspective and grace.
In practice
This quote can be shared in a morning meditation group to encourage spiritual practice.
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.
There is the joy of one's own salvation. I thought, when I first tasted that, it was the most delicious joy I had ever known, and that I could never get beyond it. But I found, afterward, there was something more joyful that, namely, the joy of the salvation of others.
'Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God' (Rom. 10:17). That is whence faith comes. It is not for me to sit down and wait for faith to come stealing over me with a strong sensation, but is for me to take God at His Word.
There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.
Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on weekdays God has little or no place in his thoughts.
Let us expect that God is going to use us. Let us have courage and go forward, looking to God to do great things.
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call my true nature, what Jews call the still, small voice, what Christians call the holy spirit.
My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.
I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of view.
Democratic communities have a natural taste for freedom: left to themselves they will seek it, cherish it, and view any deprivation of it with regret. But for equality their passion is ardent, insatiable, incessant, invincible: they call for equality in freedom; and if they cannot obtain that, they still call for equality in slavery.
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