The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Anand Thakur
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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