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Post by Doc on May 20, 2010 9:54:02 GMT -5
Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Criticize by creating. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first and the last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away. Chase the lion.
-Mark Batterson, In a pit with a lion on a snowy day (2006)
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Post by roaddog on May 21, 2010 16:44:48 GMT -5
when I read that I wonder how people can believe that Christians are a bunch of wimps? this is a great quote and I am seeking out the source book on another open web search
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Post by Andrew on May 23, 2010 4:01:41 GMT -5
when I read that I wonder how people can believe that Christians are a bunch of wimps? this is a great quote and I am seeking out the source book on another open web search Absolutely... unfortunately much of Christianity (And Christians) have been watered down, and don't display this type of courage. God says in Revelation that he would rather you at least be cold or hot... not lukewarm. Too many lukewarm Christians where they try to just be, "Good" and not obedient. I understand we all make mistakes, but we should be striving towards obedient and not just abusing the grace that God gives. This is what makes Christians Christians. Many of the people in the Bible went to extreme measures to obey Christ which is attractive. Paul mentions to Timothy to be a, "Good solider in Christ". A SOLIDER! We need Christian SOLDERS! Paul was so much about God that he displayed a similar courage as our Soldiers over seas in war. He risked his LIFE! (Constantly) Jesus was so stressed about his death the night prior that he was SWEATING BLOOD in the garden! Yet, he sucked it up and did it anyway. We need warriors like that... and thats us. Get like that and your woman will come... (And be flirty  ) |
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Post by Doc on May 24, 2010 20:11:14 GMT -5
This is not the way God wants us (Christians) to live. My favorite scripture is “in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us”. Romans 8:37. Think about a Roman general coming into a city he just conquered. God is saying we are more than that! Think about all the talents of a great general strength, knowledge, wisdom, great strategy and so on. Other thing we believe is that God live within us. The creator of the universe. Awesome! Let me know if you read the book, I would like to hear about it.
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