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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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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The church is in the hope business.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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