Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Obedience, Result, Act, Faith
Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Some, Brought, Cursed, Fig
Faith is the ticket to the feast, not the feast.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Faith, Ticket, Feast
There are no small churches, just small people.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Small, Just, Small People, Churches
Life is lived on levels and arrived at in stages.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Life, Lived, Arrived, Stages
You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Nature, Words, Tell, Chooses
When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Give, Firm, Preferences, Convictions
Fear attracts attack.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Fear, Attack, Attracts
Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Greatness, Same, Grandeur, Visions
Marriage may be the closest thing to Heaven or Hell any of us will know on this earth.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Marriage, Will, May, Closest
You seek the heights of manhood when you seek the depths of God.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Heights, Seek, Depths, Manhood
God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Will, Desires, Enabling, Fulfills
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Loyalty, Faithfulness, Loyal, Confidentiality
Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Bigger, Crisis, Smaller, Lesser
The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Rebellion, Pattern, Prodigal, Reconciliation
Inconsistencies in men are generally testimony to their immaturity.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Men, Immaturity, Generally, Testimony
Prayer in private results in boldness in public.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Prayer, Private, Public, Boldness
Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Men, World, Reasonable, Changed
Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Own, Conscience, Pass, Approve
God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.
- Edwin Louis Cole
God, Finish, Will, Authors
The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Will, More, Principle, Yours
Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Men, Cannot, Must, Conform
The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy anyone.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Satisfy, Anyone, Pleased, Seeks
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Fast, Submit, Strike, Commands
Men and women have strengths that complement each other.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Relationship, Men, Other, Complement
Boundaries are to protect life, not to limit pleasures.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Boundaries, Limit, Pleasures, Protect
The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Daily, Discipline, Devotion, Decisions
You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Water, Falling, Staying, Drown
The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Never, Which, Commandments, Rests
Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.
- Edwin Louis Cole
God, Deception, Persecution, Accusation
There is a price to pay for accomplishment.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Price, Pay, Accomplishment
Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Men, Guilty, Tend, Threatened
Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Trust, Never, Fund, Funds
Crying over what's gone won't find the present.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Present, Find, Over, Crying
Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Art, Artist, Form, Art Form
What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Believe, Harm, About, Potential
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Wear, Determines, Yoke, Bear
Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Christmas, Atmosphere, Miracles
It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Enough, Sin, Delivered, Righteousness
Being faithful in that which is another man's qualifies us to receive our own.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Another, Which, Receive, Faithful
Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Believing, Christ, Proven, Evolution
Sin is still sin - no matter how you spell it.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Sin, How, Still, Spell
Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Best, Enemy, Devil, Neighbor
Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Better, Strive, Mediocre, Seeking
Attitude determines the altitude of life.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Life, Attitude, Altitude, Determines
Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Faith, Faithfulness, Makes, Trustworthy
You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Salvation, Responsible, Been, Sin
Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Denial, Possession, Sin
To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Him, Prosper, Does, Sin
A dream doesn't become a goal until it is written.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Goal, Dream, Until, Written
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Limited, Which, Lives, Principles
Truth is life's most precious commodity.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Truth, Most, Commodity, Truth Is
God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Will, Deliverance, Means, Destroy
You don't reward reaction; you reward results.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Reward, You, Reaction, Results
By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Lose, Use, Possess, Decline
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
- Edwin Louis Cole
God, Never, Always, Negative
Truth cannot be defeated.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Truth, Cannot, Defeated
You are committed to what you confess.
- Edwin Louis Cole
You, Committed, Confess
There is a high cost for low living.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Living, High, Low, Cost
The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Love, Loving, Measured, Giving
What the mind cannot retain, the body will have to endure.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Mind, Will, Retain, Endure
Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Peace, Doing, Will, Umpire
God is the Creator; Satan is the counterfeiter.
- Edwin Louis Cole
God, Creator, Satan
Good is often the enemy of best.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Good, Best, Often, Enemy
Character is more important than talent.
- Edwin Louis Cole
Character, Important, More, Talent
Have faith in God; God has faith in you.
- Edwin Louis Cole
God, You, Faith
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