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When I was trying to earn Jesus by being good, I missed the real Jesus who wants us to love him and serve him not for what he gives but for who he is—dangerous, unpredictable, radical, and amazing. ↗

— Jefferson Bethke

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I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

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I'm holding up, Lord willing and the creek don't rise. ↗

— Sara Evans

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Father Break my heart for what breaks yours Give me open hands and open doors Put your light in my eyes and let me see That my own little world is not about me ↗

— Matthew West

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We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, celebrating their triumph; the course that you are taking at the outset is one that you have chosen for yourselves… ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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I can think of no more dangerous a position than to learn to tolerate evil in order to become accustomed to reality. ↗

— Sarah Mally

#christian-living #girls #marriage #parental-guidance #purity

We fail in the work of grace and love when there is too much of us and not enough of God. ↗

— Suzanne Woods Fisher

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The sooner we learn feelings are fickle, the better off we are. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

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Christianity . . . sees the necessity for man to have spiritual values and it shows him how to get at those through physical sacraments. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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God created us in his image, male and female, with personhood and sexual passions, so that when he comes to us in this world there would be these powerful words and images to describe the promises and the pleasures of our covenant relationship with him through Christ. ↗

— John Piper

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