Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Anand Thakur
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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 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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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