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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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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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