What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.
MAX LUCADOGod’s mercies are new every morning. Receive them.
More Max Lucado Quotes
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Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
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Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.
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Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.
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God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.
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First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.
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Prayer pushes us through life’s slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
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Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
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The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
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Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.
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Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.
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Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.
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Find joy in the ordinary.
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Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.
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God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
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People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.
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