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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today.
Like the Israelites, it means you are spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.”
― Priscilla Shirer

“Lord, please do this ... or do something better!”
― Priscilla Shirer, God is Able

“Disciplined runners consistently clear their heads and focus fully on the journey ahead.. .because their passion and zeal for the goal supersedes the strain. The goal beckons them onward. Passion doesn't negate weariness; it just resolves to press beyond it.”
― Priscilla Shirer, Gideon - DVD Leader Kit: Your Weakness. God's Strength.

“If Jesus gives us a task or assigns us to a difficult season, every ounce of our experience is meant for our instruction and completion if only we'll let Him finish the work. I fear, however, that we are so attention-deficit that we settle for bearable when beauty is just around the corner.”
― Beth Moore

“Good humor and laughter are far too wonderful not to come straight from the heart of God.”
― Beth Moore

“The purpose exceeds the pain.”
― Beth Moore

“Whatever God is urging you to clear away cannot begin to be compared to what He ultimately wants to bring you.”
― Beth Moore

“Courage comes from a heart that is CONVINCED it is loved.”
― Beth Moore

“My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel

“Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.”
― Brennan Manning, Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

“The temptation of the age is to look good without being good.”
― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel