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Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.

Francis Chan

Only the Holy Spirit can give you the power to not think about yourself, to set you free from yourself.
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Freedom Power Thinking Yourself
Jesus said go and make disciples, but so often we just sit and make excuses.
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Discipline Excuse Follow God
Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.
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Better Planning Trust Yourself
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
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
We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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End Goal Prayer Thinking
Life is about Jesus. We are not here to tell our story, but His.
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God Himself Life Story
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
God never breaks His promises.
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Break God Himself Promise
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
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Consistent Distraction God Himself Intention Ourselves Reminder World
Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.
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Action Fruit Meaning World
We need to be more concerned about who we are before God than our reputation before people.
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God Need Ourselves People Reputation
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
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
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
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

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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