“Afflictions do us good likewise, as they make us more acquainted with what is in our own hearts and thereby promote humiliation and self-abasement. There are abominations which, like nests of vipers, lie so quietly within, that we hardly suspect they are there till the rod of affliction rouses them; then they hiss and show their venom. This discovery is indeed very distressing; yet till, it is made, we are prone to think ourselves much less vile than we …

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The greatest spiritual, moral, and emotional protection a woman will ever experience is found when she is content to stay within her God appointed sphere. This does not mean that she never leaves her house, but rather that her heart is rooted in her home and that she puts her family’s needs above all other interests and pursuits. – Nancy Leigh DeMoss

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“Before we can be joyful at home, we must be joyful in Christ. Before we can strive to bless our families, we must strive to be satisfied in Him. Wherever the Lord has placed us -wherever he has led us – if our desire is not to submit ourselves wholly and completely to the all-consuming passion that is impossible to compartmentalize (2 Cor. 5:17, Rom. 12:1-2)… we are not walking in …

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