You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing.
HENRY CLOUDEverything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
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The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to pretend that we are not!
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We need rest not just so we feel better. We need rest for actual creation of what we’re going to need the next day.
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The human heart will seek to be known, understood, and connected with above all else. If you do not connect, the ones you care about will find someone who will.
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Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
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The extent to which two people in a relationship can bring up and resolve issues is a critical marker of the soundness of a relationship.
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The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that’s present.
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Just as we leave the effects of our work behind in results, we leave the effects of our interactions with people in their hearts, minds, and souls.
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When you encourage someone, it literally changes their brain chemistry to be able to perform, sends fuel to the brain.
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Whatever’s happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don’t treat it like it’s the whole story. Keep writing the story.
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Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are.
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The fool tries to adjust the truth so he does not have to adjust to it.
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For someone’s character to grow, it has to be free from internal attack. Falling down never stopped children from developing. But getting yelled at, criticized, and put down can stop them for life.
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Values are sometimes worth living and dying for, and are certainly worth dating and breaking up over.
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Everything has seasons, and we have to be able to recognize when something’s time has passed and be able to move into the next season. Everything that is alive requires pruning as well, which is a great metaphor for endings.
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The business of church is ultimately people. You’re trying to heal people, grow people, teach people, and mend people. And when leaders spend all of their time helping and growing other people, they ignore their own growth.
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