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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.

Francis Chan

The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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Follow Heart Love Religious World Yourself
Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Fall Religious Scripture Study Trap
Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true.
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Leaving Similar True
Worry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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Big Enough God Live Ourselves Quite Trust Worry
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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Attention Close God Growth Ourselves Pursuit
Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Action Fruit Meaning World
God has allowed hard things in your life so you can show the world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.
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Allow God Hard Joy Life Peace World Yourself
Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
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Alone Communication Himself Intimacy
If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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Activity Care Faith God Hero Religious
Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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Compassionate God Himself Life Love People
Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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Commitment God Ourselves Religious
We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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God Need Ourselves People Reputation
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
The Bible teaches that true joy is formed in the midst of the difficult seasons of life.
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Difficult Joy Life Season Teaching True
The point is not to completely understand God but to worship Him. Let the very fact that you cannot know Him fully lead you to praise Him for His infiniteness and grandeur.
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Complete God Himself Leadership Understand Worship
The disciples obey because that’s what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.
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Death Deep Instruction Obedience People Rise

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