Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Anand Thakur
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
JOHN ORTBERG
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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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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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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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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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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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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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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