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Simplicity is the first cousin of contentment.


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We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?

We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that diagnosis has already been given. Rather we should ask, “What has happened to salt and light?



A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on



We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.



The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.

The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.



We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.

We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.



What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.



We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.

We are sent into the world, like Jesus, to serve. For this is the natural expression of our love for our neighbors. We love. We go. We serve.



The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.

The Christian's chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement.



Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony

Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony



Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.

Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature.





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It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.



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