The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Anand Thakur
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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