Easter proverbs

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◆ The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the grass with the splendor of lilies. How much more, then, will He care for us, who are made in His image? Our only concern is to obey the heavenly Father and leave the consequences to Him.

- Charles Stanley99

◆ A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

- Mahatma Gandhi99

◆ Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

- Pope John Paul II99

◆ Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.

- William Barclay99

◆ The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven.

- Rick Warren99

◆ It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

- Robert H. Schuller99

◆ The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.

- Deepak Chopra99

◆ The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake.

- Basil Hume99

◆ God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.

- Bede Griffiths99

◆ People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

- Joel Osteen99

◆ To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

- Bernhard Langer99

◆ I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter.

- Daniel Morgan99

◆ Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation.

- E. Stanley Jones99

◆ I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

- Olivia De Havilland98

◆ Easter may seem boring to children, and it is blessedly unencumbered by the silly fun that plagues Christmas. Yet it contains the one thing needful for every human life: the good news of Resurrection.

- Frederica Mathewes-Green98