We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Anand Thakur
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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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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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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