Mike Yaconelli Quotes

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• Until we start thinking in terms of revolution instead of compromise the Church will continue to pat itself on the back with token steps of…
• I want a lifetime of holy moments. Every day I want to be in dangerous proximity to Jesus. I long for a life that explodes…
• The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.
• Voices surround us, always telling us to move faster. It may be our boss, our pastor, our parents, our wives, our husbands, our politicians, or,…
• Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring. The grace of God is preposterous enough…
• The power of the Church is not a parade of flawless people, but of a flawless Christ who embraces our flaws. The Church is not…
• There are a whole lot of people who are so freakin' busy—they've so cluttered up their lives—they're at their wits' end. And if they'd only…
• Rest is a decision we make. Rest is choosing to do nothing when we have too much to do, slowing down when we feel pressure…
• Jesus cares more about desire than about competence
• Our world is... longing to see people whose God is big and holy and frightening and gentle and tender... and ours; a God whose love…
• Spiritual growth is more than procedure, it’s a wild search for God in the midst of the tangled jungle of our souls, a search for…
• Im unfinished. Im unfixed. And the reality is thats where God meets me is in the mess of my life, in the unfixedness, in the…
• Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness. Burnout is slang…
• Speed is not neutral. Fast living used to mean a life of debauchery; now it just means fast, but the consequences are even more serious.…
• Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.
• Spirituality is a mixed-up, topsy-turvy, helter-skelter godliness that turns our lives into an upside-down toboggan ride of unexpected turns, surprise bumps and bone shattering crashes…
• Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we…
• Nothing in the church makes people in the church more angry than grace. It's ironic: we stumble into a party we weren't invited to and…
• Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more…
• Think about how many of us have wondered why we don't fit, why our faith doesn't stabilize us, why we seem so out of sync…

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