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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
- Wayne Dyer
Some people hold on to a position or title for dear life; they hold on so tight, in fact, that they sabotage their own lives in the process.
- Darlene Zschech
Don't be quick to get angry, because anger is typical of fools" (Ecclesiastes 7:9). But Paul points out it is possible to be angry without sin when he says, "Be angry without sinning" (Ephesians 4:26).
- Darlene Zschech
But children do not need to be in control. They have very little authority or power, and live each day in dependence and trust, receiving everything as a gift. And this, I believe, is what Jesus is advocating.
- James Bryan Smith
God brings tests into your life because your faith in Him--your belief that He is in control and that He is good--can be proved only in times when life is hard.
- James MacDonald
Sin does not remain a contented servant; it seeks to seize and master its participants.
- James MacDonald
Holy Spirit of God, thank You for filling my life with You. You are in control of all that I am—my thoughts, my actions, my words, and my feelings. Thank You, Spirit of God. I am now living under the downpour of Your power and strength and blessing, and I thank You for the riches of Your mercy. In the precious name of Jesus. Amen.
- James MacDonald
Revival is not emotional extravagance where people are caught up in the moment and fall down, act bizarrely, unbiblically, and out of control. That's not revival.
- James MacDonald
When we worry, we are telling God, "You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as I take matters into my own hands." In this way unbelief drives worry, for it is impossible to worry when we are trusting in the provision of our sovereign God.
- James MacDonald
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- James Madison
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
- James Madison
In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
- James Madison