Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Anand Thakur
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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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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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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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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 time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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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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