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“The Word we study has to be the Word we pray. My personal experience of the relentless tenderness of God came not from exegetes, theologians, and spiritual writers, but from sitting still in the presence of the living Word and beseeching Him to help me understand with my head and heart His written Word. Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of *knowing* Jesus Christ personally and directly. When the religious views of others interpose between us and the primary experience of Jesus as the Christ, we become unconvicted and unpersuasive travel agents handing out brochures to places we have never visited.”
-Brennan Manning
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”..but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the Word, and it yields nothing.” -Mark 4:19
“I was astonished that although I now loved You, I did not persist in my enjoyment of God. Your beauty drew me to You, but soon I was dragged down and away from You by my own weight. In dismay I plunged again into the things of this world.” - St. Augustine
the inconvenient truth. the best part, of course, the part that warms my heart and comforts me to no end, is that we always get to go back. we worship the God of second, third, millionth chances. He is always greater.
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Piece by piece, day after day, as the circling images of my past tormented me, I stopped whatever I was doing. I sat before God, and I pictured myself carrying each image to the foot of the cross and leaving it there, asking Christ to take it because it was too much for me. I began the habit of telling Christ every day that I was needy — that I would not survive unless He showed me joy that day. And He always did. …This is my story, one where Christ is faithful to the bottom of the pit.Sarah Pride, boundless.org
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Quote reblogged from Quote Book:Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.Rick Warren (via thearistocatic)
(Source: enormousgiraffe)
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Christianity began in Palestine as a fellowship and then moved to Greece and became a philosophy. Afterward, it moved onto Rome and became an institution, and then to Europe where it became a culture. Finally it settled in America where it has become an enterprise.Sam Pascoe
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If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs. The word “busy” is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact in every silo you uncover, all you’re going to find is a man who didn’t care enough to call. Remember men are never too busy to get what they want.He’s Just Not That Into You
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“I recalled the stillness of my father’s office when I’d first step in every afternoon. I used to race home to see him after school, down in his study writing; it would be so quiet in there. He’d be thinking, scribbling away with a pencil. He’d almost always be happy to see me. He could make me feel great. It’s so different having a living father who loves you, even someone complex and imperfect. After your father dies, defeat becomes pretty defeating. When he’s still alive, there are setbacks and heartbreaks, but you’re still the apple of someone’s eye.”
-Anne Lamott
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What I can do is paint you a picture of what you’ll never see when you’re with a guy who’s really into you: You’ll never see you staring maniacally at your phone, willing it to ring. You’ll never see you ruining an evening with friends because you’re calling for your messages every fifteen seconds. You’ll never see you hating yourself for calling him when you know you shouldn’t have. What you will see is you being treated so well that no phone antics will be necessary. You’ll be too busy being adored.
If the guy you’re dating doesn’t seem to be completely into you, or you feel the need to start ‘figuring him out,’ please consider the glorious thought that he might just not be that into you. And then free yourself to go find someone that is.
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Audio post reblogged from I'm as heavy as a feather, Hallelujah
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What if we knew this interrupted life was less about the problem and more about the process? What if we knew this roadblock or aggravation hadn’t caught God by surprise even if it’s come as a shock to us? What if we knew that the direction He was taking us provided opportunities we’d always dreamed about, even if they didn’t look exactly the way we thought they would? What if we knew, by not getting what we want, God was ultimately giving us something better?Priscilla Shirer
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Quote reblogged from the first day.Our culture has accepted two huge lies. The first is that if you disagree with someone’s lifestyle, you must fear or hate them. The second is that to love someone means you agree with everything they believe or do. Both are nonsense. You don’t have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.Rick Warren (via angelicarayy)
(Source: icorianne)
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The Enemy wants us to feed on things that will cause our stomachs to turn at the thought of pure devotion to Christ. He wants us to miss the variety and spice that a life bound in sin offers. He wants us to long for it even after we’ve made a decision to journey with God. As long as we keep complaining about what we have now and longing for what the Devil once “gave” us, our journey with the Lord will be stop and go at best. …We must be on the alert for the Enemy’s continual attempts to rename us, to retrain us, and to readapt us to his way of thinking, speaking, acting, and living. We must adapt a strong resolve and a firm stand against Satan’s attempts to serve us food from his table.Priscilla Shirer
