Decisions:
We make our decisions, and then our decisions turn around and make us. (F. W. Boreham)
All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning. (Angelus Silesius)
The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. (Frederick Speakman)
Demons:
Envious of us Christians, the demons meddle in everything in their efforts to stop us getting to heaven: they do not want us to make it to the place from which they fell. (Unknown)
The demons say one thing to get us into sin, and another to overwhelm us in despair. (St. John Climacus)
There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. (C. S. Lewis)
Depression:
Give no place to despondency. God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. (Madame Guyon)
The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement. (John Stott)
A vague feeling of anguish is prowling around in me like a caged beast, immobilizing my energies and concentration. The feeling has no shape and I don't know what to call it. I am its prisoner. I've got to shake it off. I need all my energy at the moment, at every moment, if I'm to live my life in its fullness. But I won't be free of it until I've let the bad feeling wash over me, then faced it without fear, grabbed it with both hands and offered it to God who can bring new life out of sin. (Michel Quoist)
Desert:
The desert does not mean the absence of men. It means the presence of God. (Carlo Carretto)
The lives that are getting stronger are lives in the desert, deep-rooted in God. (Oswald Chambers)
The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a wilderness. (Henry Ellis)
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