All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us.

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The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced

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

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The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

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We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us.

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Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water, missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and justice in Jesus' name, hands raised in adoration of the Father, feet washed in company with the Son.

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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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Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts.

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

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