In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
DALLAS WILLARDOf course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
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Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is never available at first, to strengthen us when we seem to need it most.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
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What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.
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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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