Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.
FRANCIS CHANWorry implies that we don’t quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what’s happening in our lives.
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The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
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We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
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Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
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I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.
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Jesus’ call to commitment is clear: He wants all or nothing.
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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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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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The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
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A key to everything is surrender – to really come before the Lord and say, – I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay’ or ‘God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.
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If God cared only about religious activities, then the Pharisees would have been heroes of the faith.
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I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
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The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
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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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We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
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The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.
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