God’s treasure…is like an infinite ocean…yet a little wave of feeling, passing with the moment, contents us…when He finds a soul permeated with a living faith, He pours into it His graces and His favours plenteously…into the soul they flow like a torrent.” – Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence (June 1, 1682)

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The Practice of the Presence of God (New and Revised Edition) (Ichthus Publications, 2015), Location 684

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing – your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.” – Viktor E. Frankl, Nazi death camp survivor

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Man's Search for Meaning (Boston: Beacon Press, 2006), Page x of Forward

This is the message from the One who is holy and true…What he opens, no one can close and what he closes, no one can open…“I know all the things you do and I have opened a door for you that no one can close.” Revelation 3:7-8 (NLT)

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Anything residing in your brain becomes part of you and plays a role in the person you become, in the actions you perform, and in the things you say.  You can use this fact by deliberately implanting in your mind those ideas and principles that you wish to retain and empower to impact you” – Rabbi Daniel Lapin

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Thou Shall Prosper 2nd Edition, Ten Commandments for Making Money (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010), 144

O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. Psalms 139:1-12 (ESV)

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A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver.  Proverbs 25:11 (AMP)

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When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.” – Psalms 84:6 (NLT)

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Learn to find joy and fulfillment in service to others and you have removed one major obstacle on your road to success…the secret to learning how to love serving others is to develop the character trait of humility.” – Rabbi Daniel Lapin

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Thou Shall Prosper, 2nd Edition, Ten Commandments for Making Money (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010), Pages 84-85