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This reads as a call to spiritual self-control, where faith is shown through discipline rather than comfort. It can be taken to mean that purpose is not found in impulse, but in training the body and resisting easy wants, especially in seasons when habits, appetite, or fatigue get in the way of what one believes is required.
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About Elizabeth George
American mystery novelist
Susan Elizabeth George is an American mystery novelist. She is known for writing crime fiction with a strong focus on character, atmosphere, and the details of investigation. Her work belongs to the mystery genre and has made her a familiar name for readers of contemporary suspense fiction. She writes as Susan Elizabeth George, and her books are associated with carefully drawn plots and psychologically layered stories.
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- “In the Bible we find everything we need to guide and energize our lives, to keep us on track so that we live…”Elizabeth George
- “Out of the will of God, there is no such thing as success, in the will of God there cannot be any failure.”Elizabeth George
- “A woman who focuses on worshiping God will consider carefully how she is dressed, because her heart will dict…”Elizabeth George
- “Trust holds fast, standing firm until deliverance arrives or a solution is found.”Elizabeth George
Discipline: more sayings
- “God will never disappoint us… If deep in our hearts we suspect that God does not love us and cannot manage ou…”Elisabeth Elliot
- “The party where humorless thought police work to enforce a rigid ideological discipline isn't made up of Demo…”Jacob Weisberg
- “When someone is successful, there's always a feeling that they were lucky. Luck plays a part, sure, but to be…”Faye Dunaway
Explore God
- “Perhaps reading and writing books is one of the last defences human dignity has left, because in the end they…”Richard Flanagan
- “It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether o…”Thea Harris
- “Oh, dear God and baby Jesus in the manger, my eyes!” Dee shrieked. “My eyes!”Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Books by Elizabeth George
In the Presence of the Enemy (Inspector Lynley Mystery)
1996
Write Away
2005
Playing for the ashes
2008
Well-Schooled in Murder
1990
Payment in blood
2009