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title: "Best Discipleship Words"
description: "Browse 545 Discipleship quotes by 272 authors. Discover the best Discipleship sayings and thoughts."
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> [“True masters deconstruct as well as reconstruct.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/true-masters-deconstruct-as-well-as-reconstruct/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [Our problem is that we are in the Word but not under the Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-g-hendricks/our-problem-is-that-we-are-in-the-word-but-not-under-the-word/)

[Howard G. Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-g-hendricks/)

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> [“The sweet spot is where duty and delight converge.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mann/the-sweet-spot-is-where-duty-and-delight-converge/)

[Thomas Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mann/)

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> [My yoke is easy, and my burden light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-boniface/my-yoke-is-easy-and-my-burden-light/)

[Saint Boniface](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-boniface/)

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> [Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/salvation-is-free-but-discipleship-will-cost-you-your-life/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“Managing games comes second. Managing people comes first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-feinstein/managing-games-comes-second-managing-people-comes-first/)

[John Feinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-feinstein/)

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> [“Could circumstances possibly change who I forever am in You?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercyme/could-circumstances-possibly-change-who-i-forever-am-in-you/)

[MercyMe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercyme/)

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> [“I'm not trying to bleed you. I want to renew you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-p-kinsella-2/i-m-not-trying-to-bleed-you-i-want-to-renew-you/)

[W.P. Kinsella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-p-kinsella-2/)

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> [We should be more concerned with reaching the lost than pampering the saved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mcgee/we-should-be-more-concerned-with-reaching-the-lost-than-pampering-the/)

[David McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mcgee/)

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> [Discipleship is the pursuit of holiness and happiness. It is the path to our best and happiest self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/discipleship-is-the-pursuit-of-holiness-and-happiness-it-is-the-path/)

[Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/)

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> [Be fervent in God, and let nothing grieve you, whatever you encounter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hadewijch/be-fervent-in-god-and-let-nothing-grieve-you-whatever-you-encounter/)

[Hadewijch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hadewijch/)

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> [“If I turn mine eyes upon myself, I find myself a traitor with the rest;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-i-turn-mine-eyes-upon-myself-i-find-myself-a-traitor-with-the-rest/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [Discipleship is based solely on devotion to Jesus Christ, not on following after a particular belief or doctrine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/discipleship-is-based-solely-on-devotion-to-jesus-christ-not-on/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [“To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-galli/to-love-with-expectations-is-in-the-end-an-oppressive-driven-thing/)

[Mark Galli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-galli/)

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> [“It's much easier to talk about following Jesus when you are making general statements rather than specific commitments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-idleman/it-s-much-easier-to-talk-about-following-jesus-when-you-are-making/)

[Kyle Idleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-idleman/)

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> [“Followers of Jesus do well to spend more time engaging him than explaining him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-brackin/followers-of-jesus-do-well-to-spend-more-time-engaging-him-than/)

[Ron Brackin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-brackin/)

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> [“Resurrection hope turned those who believed it into a counter-empire, an alternative society that knew the worst that tyrants could do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible-review/resurrection-hope-turned-those-who-believed-it-into-a-counter-empire/)

[Bible Review](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible-review/)

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> [“When we concentrate on preaching what people WANT to hear we will only succeed in exciting their flash and depressing their spirit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olabisi-obideyi/when-we-concentrate-on-preaching-what-people-want-to-hear-we-will/)

[Olabisi Obideyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olabisi-obideyi/)

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> [“Not only did Jesus purposefully enter the wilderness on a regular basis but historically, God seems to prefer meeting with man in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-layne-litzelman/not-only-did-jesus-purposefully-enter-the-wilderness-on-a-regular/)

[Amy Layne Litzelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-layne-litzelman/)

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> [In order to develop a pioneering missional spirit, a capacity for genuine ecclesial innovation, let along engender daring discipleship, we are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-hirsch/in-order-to-develop-a-pioneering-missional-spirit-a-capacity-for/)

[Alan Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-hirsch/)

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> [“God has to work in the soul in secret and in darkness because if we fully knew what was happening, and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-of-the-cross-2/god-has-to-work-in-the-soul-in-secret-and-in-darkness-because-if-we/)

[St. John of the Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-of-the-cross-2/)

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> [“Joy is not a requirement of Christian discipleship, it is a consequence. It is not what we have to acquire in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-peterson/joy-is-not-a-requirement-of-christian-discipleship-it-is-a/)

[Eugene Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-peterson/)

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> [“There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/there-is-no-way-to-peace-along-the-way-of-safety-for-peace-must-be/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“Edwards’s God was glorious, full of beauty, and seemingly uninterested in making people feel insecure. Edwards was a mystic, a man who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-paul-turner/edwards-s-god-was-glorious-full-of-beauty-and-seemingly-uninterested/)

[Matthew Paul Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-paul-turner/)

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> [“Our religious institutions are not giving very many men access to credible encounters with the holy or even with their own wholeness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/our-religious-institutions-are-not-giving-very-many-men-access-to/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-francis-de-sales/do-not-scrutinize-so-closely-whether-you-are-doing-much-or-little-ill/)

[Saint Francis de Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-francis-de-sales/)

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> [“Apprenticeship assumes that knowing a trade not only comes by numbers and outlines but also by watching and inhabiting. Knowing is found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-eswine/apprenticeship-assumes-that-knowing-a-trade-not-only-comes-by-numbers/)

[Zack Eswine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-eswine/)

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> [Let us be mindful of the foundational precepts our Heavenly Father has given to His children that will establish the basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieter-f-uchtdorf/let-us-be-mindful-of-the-foundational-precepts-our-heavenly-father/)

[Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieter-f-uchtdorf/)

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> [“Yet the intentional boldness that I am talking about is the same countercultural boldness that Jesus reflected throughout his time on earth—one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-marin/yet-the-intentional-boldness-that-i-am-talking-about-is-the-same/)

[Andrew Marin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-marin/)

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> [“Jesus’s call “Come, follow me” is not only for those prepared to compete in a spiritual Olympics. In fact, discipleship is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-l-andersen/jesus-s-call-come-follow-me-is-not-only-for-those-prepared-to-compete/)

[Neil L. Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-l-andersen/)

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> [The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-restoration-of-the-church-must-surely-depend-on-a-new-kind-of/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“2 Timothy 3:16 says the speaker, instructs us, to draw from the Word of God for doctrine – what is right. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pereira/2-timothy-3-16-says-the-speaker-instructs-us-to-draw-from-the-word-of/)

[John Pereira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pereira/)

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> [“Like Gandalf, God knows the battle going on inside our hobbitlike selves, the wrestling match between the Baggins and the Took. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/like-gandalf-god-knows-the-battle-going-on-inside-our-hobbitlike/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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> [“Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend--it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/discipleship-is-not-limited-to-what-you-can-comprehend-it-must/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [“There is a vast difference between being a Christian and being a disciple. The difference is commitment. Motivation and discipline will not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-ogden/there-is-a-vast-difference-between-being-a-christian-and-being-a/)

[Greg Ogden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-ogden/)

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> [“Someone once said that Stephen Austin didn't like preachers at all. He swore that "one preacher could stir up more trouble than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mckenna/someone-once-said-that-stephen-austin-didn-t-like-preachers-at-all-he/)

[Megan McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mckenna/)

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> [“All that the follower of Jesus has to do is to make sure that his obedience, following and love are entirely spontaneous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/all-that-the-follower-of-jesus-has-to-do-is-to-make-sure-that-his/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples. A gifted discipler…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/if-you-make-disciples-you-always-get-the-church-but-if-you-make-a-2/)

[Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/)

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> [“In a misguided abdication of our prophetic calling, many churches have allowed themselves to become internally segregated by age. Most began with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-kinnaman/in-a-misguided-abdication-of-our-prophetic-calling-many-churches-have/)

[David Kinnaman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-kinnaman/)

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> [“Every disciple is a believer, but not every believer is necessarily a disciple. Anything short of discipleship, however, is settling for less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-laurie/every-disciple-is-a-believer-but-not-every-believer-is-necessarily-a/)

[Greg Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-laurie/)

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                        "text": "“Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend--it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours. Thus Abraham went forth from his father and not knowing whither he went. He trusted himself to my knowledge, and cared not for his own, and thus he took the right road and came to his journey's end. Behold, that is the way of the cross. You cannot find it yourself, so you must let me lead you as though you were a blind man. Wherefore it is not you, no man, no living creature, but I myself, who instruct you by my word and Spirit in the way you should go. Not the work which you choose, not the suffering you devise, but the road which is clean contrary to all that you choose or contrive or desire--that is the road you must take. To that I call you and in that you must be my disciple.”",
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                        "text": "“There is a vast difference between being a Christian and being a disciple. The difference is commitment. Motivation and discipline will not ultimately occur through listening to sermons, sitting in a class, participating in a fellowship group, attending a study group in the workplace or being a member of a small group, but rather in the context of highly accountable, relationally transparent, truth-centered, small discipleship units. There are twin prerequisites for following Christ - cost and commitment, neither of which can occur in the anonymity of the masses. Disciples cannot be mass produced. We cannot drop people into a program and see disciples emerge at the end of the production line. It takes time to make disciples. It takes individual personal attention. Discipleship training is not about information transfer, from head to head, but imitation, life to life. You can ultimately learn and develop only by doing. The effectiveness of one's ministry is to be measured by how well it flourishes after one's departure. Discipling is an intentional relationship in which we walk alongside other disciples in order to encourage, equip, and challenge one another in love to grow toward maturity in Christ. This includes equipping the disciple to teach others as well. If there are no explicit, mutually agreed upon commitments, then the group leader is left without any basis to hold people accountable. Without a covenant, all leaders possess is their subjective understanding of what is entailed in the relationship. Every believer or inquirer must be given the opportunity to be invited into a relationship of intimate trust that provides the opportunity to explore and apply God's Word within a setting of relational motivation, and finally, make a sober commitment to a covenant of accountability. Reviewing the covenant is part of the initial invitation to the journey together. It is a sobering moment to examine whether one has the time, the energy and the commitment to do what is necessary to engage in a discipleship relationship. Invest in a relationship with two others for give or take a year. Then multiply. Each person invites two others for the next leg of the journey and does it all again. Same content, different relationships. The invitation to discipleship should be preceded by a period of prayerful discernment. It is vital to have a settled conviction that the Lord is drawing us to those to whom we are issuing this invitation. . If you are going to invest a year or more of your time with two others with the intent of multiplying, whom you invite is of paramount importance. You want to raise the question implicitly: Are you ready to consider serious change in any area of your life? From the outset you are raising the bar and calling a person to step up to it. Do not seek or allow an immediate response to the invitation to join a triad. You want the person to consider the time commitment in light of the larger configuration of life's responsibilities and to make the adjustments in schedule, if necessary, to make this relationship work. Intentionally growing people takes time. Do you want to measure your ministry by the number of sermons preached, worship services designed, homes visited, hospital calls made, counseling sessions held, or the number of self-initiating, reproducing, fully devoted followers of Jesus? When we get to the shore's edge and know that there is a boat there waiting to take us to the other side to be with Jesus, all that will truly matter is the names of family, friends and others who are self initiating, reproducing, fully devoted followers of Jesus because we made it the priority of our lives to walk with them toward maturity in Christ. There is no better eternal investment or legacy to leave behind.”",
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                        "text": "“Someone once said that Stephen Austin didn't like preachers at all. He swore that \"one preacher could stir up more trouble than a dozen horse thieves.\" Matthew's Gospel reminds us that it is the role of a disciple of Jesus to stir up trouble by playing an active, resistant role in the struggle of good and evil, by resisting the ways of the world and its power bases – economic, religious, nationalistic, politic, military – which are most often in direct opposition to the ways of the Kingdom of God and the way of discipleship.”",
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                        "text": "“All that the follower of Jesus has to do is to make sure that his obedience, following and love are entirely spontaneous and unpremeditated. If you do good, you must not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, you must be quite unconscious of it. Otherwise you are simply displaying your own virtue, and not that which has its source in Jesus Christ. Christ's virtue, the virtue of discipleship, can only be accomplished so long as you are entirely unconscious of what you are doing. The genuine work of love is always a hidden work. Take heed therefore that you know it not, for only so is it the goodness of God. If we want to know our own goodness or love, it has already ceased to be love. We must be unaware even of our love for our enemies. After all, when we love them they are no longer our enemies. This voluntary blindness in the Christan (which is really sight illuminated by Christ) is his certainty, and the fact that his life is hidden from his sight is the ground of his assurance.”",
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                        "text": "“If you make disciples, you always get the church. But if you make a church, you rarely get disciples. A gifted discipler is someone who invites people into a covenantal relationship with him or her, but challenges that person to live into his or her true identity in very direct yet graceful ways. Without both dynamics working together, you will not see people grow into the people God has created them to be. Challenge may be given from the pulpit or stage on Sunday mornings, but challenge is always given best in the context of personal relationships. No one accidentally creates disciples. Discipleship is an intentional pursuit. In life, when we want to learn how to do something, we find someone with real flesh and blood and have that person teach us how to do what they do. The truth of Scripture is meant to be worked out in us, not something that we hold as an abstract reality. If there’s anything any of us should become great at, it’s making disciples who can make disciples. Every disciple disciples. You can’t be a disciple if you aren’t willing to invest in and disciple others. That’s simply the call of the Great Commission. From the beginning, members know that one day they will start a group of their own. Leaders tell members from the beginning that the expectation is that in 6-12 months they will start one of their own. People often become stunted in their spiritual development if they assume it is only affecting them (though this is never really the case), but knowing that other people are depending on them changes the game in their minds and makes them take their own spiritual development more seriously. When the bar is raised, people either bow out or step up. Most of the time people step up. It is our experience that people want to grow but are unable to will themselves to transformation. They need relationships and structures that keep them accountable and moving toward Jesus. They also know the only way this can happen is with high commitment.”",
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                        "text": "“In a misguided abdication of our prophetic calling, many churches have allowed themselves to become internally segregated by age. Most began with the valuable goal that their teaching be age appropriate but went on to create a systematized method of discipleship akin to the instructional model of public schools, which requires each age-group be its own learning cohort. Thus many churches and parishes segregate by age-group and, in doing so, unintentionally contribute to the rising tide of alienation that defines our times. As a by-product of this approach, the next generation’s enthusiasm and vitality have been separated from the wisdom and experience of their elders.”",
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                        "text": "“Every disciple is a believer, but not every believer is necessarily a disciple. Anything short of discipleship, however, is settling for less than what God really desires for us. Loving God more than anyone or anything else is the very foundation of being a disciple. If you want to live your Christian life to its fullest, then love Jesus more than anyone or anything else. Either you will have harmony with God and friction with people, or you will have harmony with people and friction with God. You become a disciple in the biblical sense only when you are totally and completely committed to Jesus Christ and His Word. As a true disciple, your life won’t only be characterized by practical results and a hunger for Scripture, but you also will have love for others — especially fellow believers. Without all of these characteristics, you can’t really claim to be His disciple. A person who has been with Jesus will boldly share his or her faith. A person who has been with Jesus will be a person of prayer. A person who has been with Jesus will be persecuted. If for you, the Christian life is all about feeling good and having everything go your way, then you won’t like being a disciple. Being a follower of Christ is the most joyful and exciting life there is. But it also can be the most challenging life there is. It’s a life lived out under the command of someone other than yourself. Most prayers are not answered because they are outside the will of God. Once we have discovered God’s will, we can then pray aggressively and confidently for it. We can pray, believing it will happen, because we know it is not something we have dreamed. A forgiven person will be a forgiving person. A true disciple will harbor no grudge toward another. The disciple knows it will hinder his or her prayer life and walk with God. It is far better to sit down for an hour and talk genuinely with one person than to rattle off trite clichés to scores of people. Attending more Bible studies, more prayer meetings, reading more Christian books, and listening to more teaching without an outlet for the truth will cause us to spiritually decay. We need to take what God has given us and use it constructively in the lives of others. You were placed on earth to know God. Everything else is secondary. The more we know God, the more we should want to make Him known to a lost world. Your life belongs to God. You don’t share your time and talents with Him; He shares them with you! He owns you and everything about you. You need to recognize and acknowledge that fact.”",
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