Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Anand Thakur
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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