O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you.

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Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.

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Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.

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Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

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The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

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Praying puts us at risk of getting involved in God's conditions. Be slow to pray. Praying most often doesn't get us what we want but what God wants, something quite at variance with what we conceive to be in our best interests.

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No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.

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The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.

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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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