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> [“To the Scripture writers, hope is the absolute expectation of coming good based on the character of God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/to-the-scripture-writers-hope-is-the-absolute-expectation-of-coming/)

[John Mark Comer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mark-comer/)

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## More by John Mark Comer

> [“In his commencement address at Kenyon College, the novelist and social critic David Foster Wallace eloquently said, “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/in-his-commencement-address-at-kenyon-college-the-novelist-and-social/)

[John Mark Comer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mark-comer/)

> [“Often what we believe about God says more about us than it does about God. Our theology is like a mirror to the soul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/often-what-we-believe-about-god-says-more-about-us-than-it-does-about/)

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> [“Jesus’ life is the example for how to love. It’s that easy. And that difficult.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/jesus-life-is-the-example-for-how-to-love-it-s-that-easy-and-that/)

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> [“when God describes himself, he doesn’t start with how powerful he is or how he knows everything there is to know or how he’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/when-god-describes-himself-he-doesn-t-start-with-how-powerful-he-is/)

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> [“I have two sons. Jude is five, with dark, curly hair. He looks just like his mom. Moses is two, with bright eyes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/i-have-two-sons-jude-is-five-with-dark-curly-hair-he-looks-just-like/)

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> [“Here’s how you know if you’ve created God in your own image: he agrees with you on everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/here-s-how-you-know-if-you-ve-created-god-in-your-own-image-he-agrees/)

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> [“When we say that God is faithful, we don’t mean you’ll never experience suffering. A lot of people—in particular, Americans—misinterpret God’s faithfulness to mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/when-we-say-that-god-is-faithful-we-don-t-mean-you-ll-never/)

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> [“Scripture is first and foremost a story. And it’s a story about God. We want to make it a story about us—about how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/scripture-is-first-and-foremost-a-story-and-it-s-a-story-about-god-we/)

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> [“Who are you following? Everybody is following somebody -or at least someone. Put another way, we’re all disciples. The question isn’t, Am I a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/who-are-you-following-everybody-is-following-somebody-or-at-least/)

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> [“We were set up to love. To absorb the love of God into our bloodstream and then to share it with another human being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/we-were-set-up-to-love-to-absorb-the-love-of-god-into-our-bloodstream/)

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> [“Every thought in your mind needs to be filtered. If you are going to survive this war, you need to be a domineering, controlling,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/every-thought-in-your-mind-needs-to-be-filtered-if-you-are-going-to/)

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> [“Can you imagine what it would be like to stand in front of the Creator? The problem is that we fear all the wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/can-you-imagine-what-it-would-be-like-to-stand-in-front-of-the/)

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> [“To clarify, it’s not that God’s will is weak—on an even playing field with all the other wills. As if we, God, and Satan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/to-clarify-it-s-not-that-god-s-will-is-weak-on-an-even-playing-field/)

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> [“Any skilled con artist knows the key to deceiving your mark is to get them to believe your scheme was their idea. Translation: The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/any-skilled-con-artist-knows-the-key-to-deceiving-your-mark-is-to-get/)

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> [“One of the reasons there are so many bitter, disenfranchised people who are angry at the church is because of bad theology. It’s really,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mark-comer/one-of-the-reasons-there-are-so-many-bitter-disenfranchised-people/)

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