Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Anand Thakur
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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