What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.
MAX LUCADODon’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
More Max Lucado Quotes
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Meet your fears with faith.
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God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
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The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.
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Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.
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What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
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Prayer pushes us through life’s slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
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Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, “I can clean that if you want.” And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.
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God can’t fill you when you are already full of yourself.
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You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.
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God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
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God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you always. No matter what!
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You may go days without thinking of God, but there’s never a moment when He’s not thinking of you.
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God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen.
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Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.
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