We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.
Mother TeresaTags: actions ocean drop good-works
...it is not to be understood that I am with him [Jesus] in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist, he takes the side of spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin. I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it... Among the sayings
Thomas JeffersonTags: atheism ignorance forgiveness atheist materialism absurdity good-works contradictions materialist untruth
Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary of well doing!
John WesleyTags: persistence inspiration good-works
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
Criss JamiTags: life inspirational compassion empathy faith jesus sympathy value worth giving helping-others beautiful good-works poor consideration works unconditional-love the-one divine-love god-like christ-like divine-works
And don't waste time worshipping Harmony. Doing good was the worship.
Brandon SandersonTags: religion worship tenets good-works
I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.
Pierre Choderlos de LaclosTags: virtue charity good-works vicomte-de-valmont
Good works" are those works that have their origin in Jesus Christ--whose activity is released through your body, presented to Him as a living sacrifice by a faith that expresses total dependence, as opposed to the Adamic independence (Rom. 12:1, 2).
W. Ian ThomasTags: faith jesus-christ good-works dependence adamic-independence living-sacrifice
His words even imply that philanthropy has deeper depths than is generally realized. The great emotions of compassion and mercy are traced to Him; there is more to human deeds than the doers are aware. He identified every act of kindness as an expression of sympathy with Himself. All kindnesses are either done explicitly or implicitly in His name, or they are refused explicitly or implicitly in His name.
Fulton J. SheenTags: jesus philanthropy good-works even-the-least-of-these
I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me through. I would be like a taxpayer with rights. I would have done my duty and now I would deserve a certain quality of life. But if it is really true that I am a sinner saved by sheer grace -- at God's infinite cost -- then there's nothing he cannot ask of me.
Timothy J. KellerTags: christianity salvation jesus good-works sanctification work-righteousness
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