“I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.”
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“I assume the Spirit is always whispering, "Abba", to God's children, assuring them that they are safe in His care. And he is continually calling them to become what God saved them to be, solid people, indestructibly alive, hurting perhaps, but consumed with pleasing the Father.”
― The Safest Place on Earth: Where People Connect and Are Forever Changed
― The Safest Place on Earth: Where People Connect and Are Forever Changed
“Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.”
― Inside Out
― Inside Out
“The problem sincere Christians have with God often comes down to a wrong understanding of what this life is meant to provide.”
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“We must come to the Bible with the purpose of self-exposure consciously in mind. I suspect not many people make more than a token stab in that direction. It's extremely hard work. It makes Bible study alternately convicting and reassuring, painful and soothing, puzzling and calming, and sometimes dull - but not for long if our purpose is to see ourselves better.”
― Inside Out
― Inside Out
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