Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

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GOD made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start. Now I'm alert to GOD's ways; I don't take God for granted. Every day I review the ways he works; I try not to miss a trick. I feel put back together, and I'm watching my step. GOD rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.

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I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

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Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves.

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You're here to be LIGHT... Shine! Be generous with your lives.

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The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.

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Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

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The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

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The silence that makes it possible to hear God speak also makes it possible for us to hear the world's words for what they really are - tinny and unconvincing lies

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One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

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