“I didn't decide to focus on changing myself so that I could have a tension-free marriage or so that I'd be happier or even more content in my marriage. Instead, I adopted the attitude that marriage is one of many life situations that help me to draw my sense of meaning, purpose, and fulfillment from God.”
― Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
― Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
“I am too prideful to accept the grace of God. It isn't that I want to earn my own way to give something to God, it's that I want to earn my own way so I won't be charity.”
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
― Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“The more people I can encourage and help to succeed, the better I like it. If you help enough people, the party never stops.”
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“What is meant for harm, God turns for your good...each and every time. All God needs from you is your heart and your commitment.”
― The Jesus of My Agony
― The Jesus of My Agony
“If God's creative power seems absent, we have probably become too comfortable within the prevailing culture.”
― The Dead Prophets Society: The Significance of Prophetic Function in the 21st Century
― The Dead Prophets Society: The Significance of Prophetic Function in the 21st Century
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