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No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.


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When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.



All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.



One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.



Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.



Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.



Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.



Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.



I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.



Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.



Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.





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I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.

I don't like to fly. What's it called when the plane shakes? Turbulence, takeoffs... I grab my chair, close my eyes, count to 30, breathe, and pray.



Looking for yourself is like a thirsty fish looking for water.

Looking for yourself is like a thirsty fish looking for water.



What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating

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True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.

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God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.



You know, when I first started making online videos, there were a lot of filmmakers I befriended who were doing it too.

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I have a very hard time with confrontation in my own life, and I end up being way too nice.

I have a very hard time with confrontation in my own life, and I end up being way too nice.



Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.

Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.



I wanted to show I had balls at age 60. Just because society says I'm old, doesn't mean that I am. I'm pursuing happiness, even if it makes the people around me unhappy.

I wanted to show I had balls at age 60. Just because society says I'm old, doesn't mean that I am. I'm pursuing happiness, even if it makes the people around me unhappy.




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