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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.

Francis Chan

Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
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Fertilizer Growth Help Togetherness
Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
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Failure Fear Greatness Life Success
Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Action Fruit Meaning World
God doesn’t want religious duty. He doesn’t want a distracted, half-hearted, ‘Fine, I’ll read a chapter, now are You happy?’ attitude. God wants His word to be a delight to us, so much that we meditate on it day and night.
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Chapter Day God Himself Meditation Night Religious
True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.
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Faith God Himself Hope Promise True
Don’t fall into the trap of studying the Bible without doing what it says.
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Fall Religious Scripture Study Trap
I believe He wants us to love others so much that we go to extremes to help them.
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Believe Compassionate Generosity Help Love Myself
Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
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Education Focus Follow Love People Student Teaching
Proclaiming the gospel to a lost world cannot be just another activity to add to the church’s crowded agenda. It must be central to who we are. It forms our identity.
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Identity Lost Ourselves Scripture World
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
We have got to make disciples. Fun nights and pizza nights are not going to sustain us.
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Discipline Night Ourselves
Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.
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Display God Heart Ourselves Side
When we work for Christ out of obligation, it feels like work. But when we truly love Christ, our work is a manifestation of that love, and it feels like love.
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Feeling Love Manifestation Obligation Work
When I am consumed by my problems-stressed out about my life, my family, and my job-I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice.
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Command Consumption Family Important Life Problem Rejoice
A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
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Addiction God Relationship Simplicity Team
He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a ‘Christian’ without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
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Call Devotion Follow Person Thinking Weird

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