I thank you for my friends, for those who understand me better than I …

William Barclay
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I thank you for my friends, for those who understand me better than I understand myself. For those who know me at my worst, and still like me. For those who have forgiven me when I had no right to expect to be forgiven. Help me to be as true to my friends as I would wish them to be to me.
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Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought. ✨ William Barclay (1961). The Letters of James and Peter, p.240, Westminster John Knox Press
Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself. ✨ Barclay on the Lectionary: Mark, Year B.
It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced. ✨ William Barclay (1964). The Gospel of John
We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.
Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.

I thank you for my friends, for those who understand me better than I understand myself. For those who know me at my worst, and still like me. For those who have forgiven me when I had no right to expect to be forgiven. Help me to be as true to my friends as I would wish them to be to me.

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