Amanda Friedman’s Reviews > The Purpose Driven Life : What on Earth Am I Here For ? > Status Update

“Prayer is the most important tool for your mission to the world. … What should you pray for? The Bible tells us to pray for opportunities to witness, for courage to speak up, for those who will believe, for the rapid spread of the message, and for more workers. Prayer makes you a partner with others around the world.”

“If you serve like Jesus, you can expect to be criticized. The world, and even much of the church, does not understand what God values.”

“Many studies have revealed that the average person possesses from 500 to 700 different skills and abilities — far more than you realize.
For instance, your brain can store 100 trillion facts. Your mind can handle 15,000 decisions a second, as is the case when your digestive system is working. Your nose can smell up to 10,000 different odors. Your touch can detect an item 1/25,000th of an inch thick.”

“What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.”

“While we worry about how fast we grow, God is concerned about how strong we grow.”

“But a little sin is like being a little pregnant: It will eventually show itself.”