You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Anand Thakur
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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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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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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