What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Anand Thakur
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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