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- Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God,…
- The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns them into ultimate…
- Contextualization is not giving people what they want. It is giving God's answers (which they probably do not want) to the questions they are asking…
- Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.
- It fits to glorify God - it not only fits reality, because God is infinitely and supremely praiseworthy, but it fits us as nothing else…
- If we give God things in hope that they'll earn us blessings, we're really not doing anything for him. It's for ourselves.
- What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you…
- If you are trying to live a life in accordance with the Bible, the concept and call to justice are inescapable. We do justice when…
- Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.
- Christ's resurrection not only gives you hope for the future; it gives you hope to handle your scars right now.
- The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.
- Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption .
- The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.
- Every treasure on this earth says, 'Give your life to purchase me.' Jesus says 'I'm the one treasure who died to purchase you.'
- Living is giving....If you spend your money on yourself, you are just surviving. But if you want your life to count, if you want to…
- There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.
- It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.
- God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you…
- The Christian faith gives us a new conception of work as the means by which God loves and cares for his world through us.
- If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.
- God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows
- In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters in his play…
- In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us…
- Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives…
- You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
- From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. — Arthur Ashe
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- For it is in giving that we receive. — Francis of Assisi