Martin de Jager

Christ in me, the hope of glory!

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Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. —Katherine Mansfield

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Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord; and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee. — Augustine

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The renewed mind is the result of a surrendered heart - Bill Johnson

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Most Christians repent enough to get forgiven, but not enough to see the Kingdom - Bill Johnson

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. —Leonardo da Vinci

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Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, “What are you doing for others?” —Martin Luther King Jr.

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He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. —Friedrich Nietzsche

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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. —Timothy Keller, The Reason for God

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You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first. —C. S. Lewis

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So what does a good teacher do? Create tension—but just the right amount. —Donald Norman

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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important. —Martin Luther King Jr.

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We make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. —Tullian Tchividjian

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To be sure, the Spirit does use both God’s law and God’s gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things. —Tullian Tchividjian

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Let us be eager to leave what is familiar for what is true. —Francis Chan

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Don’t ever discount the cry of your heart. God may be working in your heart to bring about his sovereign plan. —K. Howard Joslin

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God did not give the Bible so we could master him or it; God gave the Bible so we could live it, so we could be mastered by it. The moment we think we’ve mastered it, we have failed to be readers of the Bible. —Scot McKnight

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Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it. —Salvador Dali

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No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite. —Nelson Mandela

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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices. —John Ortberg

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When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that. —John Legend