Give me understanding according to your word.
—Psalm 119:169
Texts that changed lives (concluded)
William Penn: “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4).
Francis of Assisi: “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6:14).
Allen Gardiner: “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10).
Michael Faraday: “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” (2 Timothy 1:12).
Robert Fuller: “I have loved thee with an everlasting love” (Jeremiah 31:3).
Thomas Huxley: “What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God” (Micah 6:8).
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