Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Anand Thakur
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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