We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Anand Thakur
We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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