"While the richest people on earth pray to……" — Jen Hatmaker
"While the richest people on earth pray to get richer, the rest of the world begs for intervention with their faces pressed to the window, watching us drink our coffee, unruffled by their suffering."
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27 Quotes by Jen Hatmaker
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God does not change, but He uses change—to change us. He sends us on journeys that bring us to the…
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If a fast doesn't include any sacrifices, then it's not a fast. The discomfort is where the magic happens. Life…
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For whatever reason I was born into privilege; I've never known hunger, poverty, or despair. I have been blessed, blessed,…
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We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve…
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Our children are humans and deserve to be treated respectfully. Discipline doesn’t include raging, screaming, abusing, neglecting, humiliating, or shaming…
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As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power,…
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Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.
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Our stories affect one another whether we know it or not. Sometimes obedience isn't for us at all, but for…
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Maybe we don’t recognize satisfaction because it is disguised as radical generosity, a strange misnomer in a consumer culture.
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We have this one life to offer; there is no second chance.
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Usually the things we think we need become the very things we need a break from.
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Obedience isn’t a lack of fear. It’s just doing it scared.
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More Begs Quotes
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There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the…
— Rumi
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Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
— Gerry Spence
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A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
— Clifton Fadiman
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Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward…
— Darin Strauss
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A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself…
— Isaac of Nineveh
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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
— Merle Shain
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Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own…
— Jack Vance
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See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n…
— Alexander Pope
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Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole…
— Rebecca Romijn
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In the family, life is brought not only to our doorstep, but into our kitchens, bedrooms, and dens. In the…
— Paul David Tripp
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An old art spreading rumours about / Paradise, it begs outside the gates / Of the gods: the active gods…
— Peter Porter
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It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrow's…
— George MacDonald
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