The Bible is not a script for a funeral service, but it is the record of God always bringing life where we expected to find death. Everywhere it is the story of resurrection.

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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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My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.

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Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.

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

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Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.

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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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That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.

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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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