The church is in the hope business.
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Anand Thakur
The church is in the hope business.
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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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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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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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