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“Am I moving toward isolation and self-reliance or toward greater dependence on God and others?” We may think we need to deal with these things on our own. But really what we need is to allow God and his church to help us find answers. “We’ve been force-fed the doctrine of self-reliance for so long that it’s embedded into the very fabric of our souls,” say authors Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington.48 The irony, according to Bridges, is that the more God-given abilities we have, the more we’re prone to rely on them — rather than on God. The problem is this self-reliance is corrosive to our souls.”
― Seth Barnes, Kingdom Journeys: Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline

“You do not have to care about yourself to care for yourself. So many of us have the cart before the horse here: you think you must first like yourself to start being kind to yourself. It actually works the opposite way: caring for yourself is the greatest tool for learning to care about yourself. So”
― K.C. Davis, How to Keep House While Drowning

“When we avoid risk or compromise, God doesn’t live through us to the extent that he’d like. He wants us to depend on him and his resources. To accomplish God-sized dreams, we must jump into situations where we have to depend on him.”
― Seth Barnes, Kingdom Journeys: Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline

“Jesus was the original radical. He announced the arrival of a kingdom that would stand common sense on its head. Early on, after his disciples saw him heal the sick and rout the enemy, Jesus turned his boys loose on the countryside. They’d seen enough. Now it was time to do what Jesus had done: heal the sick, raise the dead, and declare the kingdom. (The whole great adventure is chronicled in Luke 9 and 10).”
― Seth Barnes, Kingdom Journeys: Rediscovering the Lost Spiritual Discipline