For years I continued to affirm the truthfulness of Scripture with my lips while functionally neglecting it with my life.
“If God opens the door for you to do something you know is good or necessary, be thankful for the opportunity. But other than that, don’t assume that the relative ease or difficulty of a new situation is God’s way of telling you to do one thing or the other. Remember, God’s will for your life is sanctification, and God tends to use discomfort and trials more than comfort and ease to make us holy.”
― Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
― Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
― Clippings from My Notebook
― Clippings from My Notebook
“Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.”
― Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
― Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
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