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So what do you do when you are stuck? The first thing I do when I am stuck is pray. But I’m not talking about a quick, Help me Lord, Sunday’s a comin’ prayer. When I get stuck I get up from my desk to head for my closet. Literally. If I‘m at the office I go over to a corner that I have deemed my closet away from home. I get on my knees and remind God that this was not my idea, it was His… None of this is new information to God… Then I ask God to show me if there is something He wants to say to prepare me for what He wants me to communicate to our congregation. I surrender my ideas, my outline and my topic. Then I just stay in that quiet place until God quiets my heart… Many times I will have a breakthrough thought or idea that brings clarity to my message. . . Like you, I am simply a mouthpiece. Getting stuck is one way God keeps me ever conscious of that fact. ↗

— Andy Stanley

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Every time a trick hangs up on me, I gain a renewed faith in humanity—someone really cares! ↗

— Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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Christ has not called us to be popular, but to be faithful. We are not saved to be relevant to the crowds; we are saved to reflect Christ. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

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Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.' ↗

— Max Planck

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historical arguments; traditional apologetics breaks down here. Since man is here dealing with God and this by definition means with the invisible, impalpable, uncontrollable, only one attitude is appropriate and required : believing trust, trusting faith. ↗

— Hans Küng

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Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them. ↗

— Robert J. Morgan

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...it was only recently that he'd started to have faith in her. Perhaps it was his decision to be someone who saw miracles. Perhaps it was the daunting fear of the ending that seemed to loom just ahead. Perhaps it was the tension and anxiety. Regardless, somehow, from the chaos, he drew peace. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

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Each day is a gift To embrace and welcome ↗

— Karen Hackel

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Mountains don't move do they?' 'Not unless they encounter faith,'(...) ↗

— Nilanjan P. Choudhury

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Even now, there are still days so beautiful, I almost believe in God. (132) ↗

— Ann Hood

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