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Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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You can lose your MONEY. You can lose your FRIENDS. You can lose your JOB and you can lose your MARRIAGE...and still recover...as long as there is HOPE. Never lose HOPE. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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I must admit, that I have learned more from my negative experiences than I have ever learned from my positive one. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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Faith UP! Your purpose is GREATER than all your PROBLEMS. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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There has never been a meaningful life built on easy street. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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The earlier practice of the Church had been more or less to employ in worship under the presidency of the pastor or pastors, the gifts of the congregation. ↗

— Robert Rainy

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There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry? ↗

— James Robinson

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Living life ONCE is enough...if you live life RIGHT. ↗

— John Paul Warren

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We must admit that simply knowing the contents of the Bible is not a sure route to spiritual growth. There is an aweful assumption in evangelical churches that if we can just get the Word of God into people's heads, then the Spirit of God will apply it to their hearts. That assumption is aweful, not because the Spirit never does what the assumption supposes, but because it excused pastors and leaders from the responsibility to tangle with people's lives. Many remain safely hidden behind pulpits, hopelessly out of touch with the struggles of their congregations, proclaiming the Scriptures with a pompous accuracy that touches no one. Pulpits should provide bridges, not barriers, to life-changing relationships. ↗

— Larry Crabb

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