All knowledge, strength and virtue are the grace of God
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"...all knowledge, strength and virtue are the grace of God, as are all
other things. And through grace He has given all men the power to become
sons of God (cf. John 1:12) by keeping the divine commandments. Or, rather,
these commandments keep us, and are the grace of God, since without His
grace we cannot keep them. We have nothing to offer Him except our faith,
our resolution and, in brief, all the true dogmas that we hold with firm
faith through the teaching we have heard (cf. Rom. 10:17)."
St. Peter of Damaskos.
"How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of
them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand."
Psalm 139:17-18
Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.