Our problem is this: we usually discover him within some denominational or Christian ghetto. We meet him in a province and, having caught some little view, we paint him in smaller strokes. The Lion of Judah is reduced to something kittenish because our understanding cannot, at first, write larger definitions.

Calvin Miller

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A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.

Calvin Miller

christian love relationship

Define your times. Treasure your calling. Pray without ceasing. The terrors of the age are less than the grandeur of the Christ within you.

Calvin Miller

treasure calling age

Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never feel the need to change clothes for an execution in the afternoon. So Triumphal Sundays and Good Fridays always fit comfortably into the same April week.

Calvin Miller

friday sunday morning

"And now you have joy?" "I do indeed." "And how did you get it?" "I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohibited all gloom from attending the celebration".

Calvin Miller

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Readers, on the other hand, have at least 7.5 books going all the time. Actually, the number of books a reader takes on is usually directly related to the number of bathrooms he has in his home and office. I am working on a survey that will show that, over a lifetime, readers are in bathrooms seven years and three months longer than nonreaders.

Calvin Miller

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One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

Calvin Miller

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We humans are a hungry lot. We are driven by a craving to know who we are. Yet who we are is embedded in the heart of a holy God. Unless we seek for ourselves in the epicenter of God's grace, we will be forever condemned to walk the arid edges of self-understanding.

Calvin Miller

self forever heart

Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.

Calvin Miller

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Life found itself alive and somehow knew its opposite was death. We are ever being born, or dying, and the thrill of choosing is ours. Only once, must we be born without our own consent. Only once, must we die without our own permission

Calvin Miller

thrill dying opposites

We must look to Mary's example to know how to deal with the glorious impossibilities of God. Look how she turned the world upside down by making one simple statement.

Calvin Miller

christmas example simple

It is not such a fiercesome thing to lead once you see your leadership as part of God's overall plan for His world.

Calvin Miller

plans world

The world is poor because her fortune is buried in the sky and all her treasure maps are of the earth.

Calvin Miller

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Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch.

Calvin Miller

prophet earth watches

With love that knew no fear, the Singer caught his torment, wrapped it all in song and gave it back to him as peace.

Calvin Miller

singers no-fear song

Death is a confirmation of the believer's creed. For the skeptic it is discovery, immense and late.

Calvin Miller

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Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

Calvin Miller

treasure gold lying

Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment.

Calvin Miller

becoming artist commitment

Imagination must constantly run on a new track or it becomes lifeless. A living imagination is essential to prayer.

Calvin Miller

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After eating the world's bread, we wake each morning to remember: We are still hungry. Seek a better loaf. Eat, and never die. Taste, savor, and be filled forever.

Calvin Miller

forever morning world

Love is substance; Lust, illusion. Only in the surge of passion do the two mingle in confusion.

Calvin Miller

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