You cannot really have the world and hold on to it. It is all too temporary and the more you try to hold on to it, the more it actually holds you. By contrast, the more you hold on to the true and the good, the more you are free to really live.
RAVI ZACHARIAS
RAVI ZACHARIAS
Ravi Zacharias on goodness
Ravi Zacharias82 quotes“You cannot really have the world and hold on to it. It is all too temporary and the more you try to hold on to it, the more it actually holds you. By contrast, the more you hold on to the true and the good, the more you are free to really live.”
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Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are so destructive. This is at the heart of the human predicament, and the Scriptures call this condition sin.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Beginning well is a momentary thing; finishing well is a lifelong thing.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias What we need is not a religion that is right where we are right, but one that is right where we are wrong.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias What does it mean to be human? It means we are created in the image of God for the glorious reality of being in permanent fellowship with Him.
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Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Respect for the right of another to be wrong does not mean that the wrong is right.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias An argument may remove doubt, but only the Holy Spirit can convict of truth.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias The ultimate test of any civilization is how we treat the most vulnerable… what we do to our children. Our world has lost its direction.
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Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Truth by definition excludes.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias The loneliest people in the world are those who have exhausted pleasure and come away empty.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.
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