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Kinship– not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not “a man for others”; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that. ↗

— Gregory Boyle

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God did not call the qualified to serve Him: instead He qualified the called. ↗

— Judy Baer

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The difference between vampires and angels? Angels are real. ↗

— Lisa Grace

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It's so tempting to try to do it all, so as not to miss out. But to do all of those 'good things' means you'll do none of them well. ↗

— Shaunti Feldhahn

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Personal ministry is not about always knowing what to say. It is not about fixing everything in sight that is broken. Personal ministry is about connecting people with Christ so that they are able to think as he would have them think, desire what he says is best, and do what he calls them to do even if their circumstances never get "fixed." It involves exposing hurt, lost, and confused people to God's glory, so that they give up their pursuit of their own glory and live for his. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

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The weapons of our warfare can only be exercised in the place of prayer. ↗

— Pedro Okoro

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Their daughter scrunched up her hands and legs, waving them wildly in the air. He opened his palm, allowing the babe to kick his hand. "Is she like a puppy?" Constance choked. "What!" He looked up. "Will she get her spots later?" Laughter bubbled up from within her as she playfully whacked him on the shoulder. "Yes. Yes, I'm afraid she will. As soon as the sun touches her skin, the freckles will appear." A delicious two-dimple grin spread across his face. "Good. I find I'm rather partial to freckled redheads. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

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Thought you didn't like red hair." One of Drew's dimples kicked in as he draped an arm about Grandma's shoulder. "Must have me confused with someone else, but I'm not surprised. Seems to happen to most of the older set at some point or other. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

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Where there is prayer, the fallen spirits have no power. ↗

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

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But what Tyler longed for was to have The Feeling arrive; when every flicker of light that touched the dipping branches of a weeping willow, every breath of breeze that bent the grass towards the row of apple trees, every shower of yellow ginko leaves dropping to the ground with such direct and tender sweetness, would fill the minister with profound and irreducible knowledge that God was right there. ↗

— Elizabeth Strout

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