If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

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God is the one who satisfies the passion for justice, the longing for spirituality, the hunger for relationship, the yearning for beauty. And God, the true God, is the God we see in Jesus of Nazareth, Israel's Messiah, the world's true Lord.

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What we know matters but who we are matters more. ― Brené Brown

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion with one’s courage. — Anaïs Nin

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Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou

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He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

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Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace. ― Aberjhani

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There are two primary forces in this world, fear and faith. Fear can move you to destructiveness or sickness or failure. Only in rare instances will it motivate you to accomplishment. But faith is a greater force. Faith can drive itself into your consciousness and set you free from fear forever.

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Though we faced many trails, we do not lose hope. We are living by faith. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

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