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Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.


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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.



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

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



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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Creation is the vocal chords of God speaking each day through the colors of the sunrise, the vastness of the night sky, the teeming of life in the ocean, the majesty of the mountains.

Creation is the vocal chords of God speaking each day through the colors of the sunrise, the vastness of the night sky, the teeming of life in the ocean, the majesty of the mountains.



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I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve.



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Ah, the bitter, hopeless heart-hunger of godlessness none but an atheist can understand!



God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.

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I don't get tripped up in technology. I use technology as a tool. 'Oldboy' we shot Two Pro 35mm. For 'Da Blood of Jesus,' we shot digitally. We shot the new Sony F55. It's a 4K camera.

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I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation.




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