Front Porch Theology

I enjoy the simple things and I like to write about them.

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“Most of us worry about our own bellies and other people’s souls when we all ought to be worried about our own souls and other people’s bellies.”
- Rabbi Israel Salanter

#quotes #wednesday

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I am not giving anything up, I am putting everything I have behind my service towards another person.

In this way, sacrifice becomes the greatest expression of my deepest desire.

#love #wellspring #WednesdayMotivation

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Sacrifice is not giving up my own desires to accommodate someone’s else’s.

True sacrifice is born by my love for another person, which remains the magnetic center of my sacrifice.

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Believing that something worthwhile and complete is being built, even in the midst of life's grind and gamble, makes every little moment sacred.

The capacity to see the little things while in them is a gift.

Gratitude in the pieces.

#gratitude #WednesdayMotivation

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Years ago, all those little things that hinted at today are becoming clear, like the finishing of a thousand-piece puzzle.

All those many moments that carried tension, seemed arbitrary, or insignificant really meant something to the whole.

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You determine the evening of your life
by the morning of it.

- Greg Laurie

#friday #quotes

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You can be as busy as you want to be without being as busy as you have to be.

#ThursdayThoughts

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I was created to take steps, not leaps. Yet, each small step creates in me a preparedness that feels ready when the opportunity to leap does comes.

“Seek preparedness, not opportunity” - C.H. Spurgeon

#tuesday #quotes #opportunity

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Yet, my ache will be satisfied, and my hope will be fulfilled.

(Isaiah 55:12-13, 1 Peter 1:3-7, Isaiah 44:23, Romans 8:19-23, Ephesians 2:12, Psalms 119:81)

#hope #sunday

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How can I have any joy at all in a fallen world? Can I experience both deep grief and profound joy simultaneously?

Our hearts ache, but we always have joy, Paul says in 2 Corinthians 6:10.

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This paradox is at the center of what it means to be a Christian. Even as I carry the sadness of living in a fallen world, I carry a living hope that daily serves as a sign that my salvation is kept by the power of God, now and forever.

My ache is certain; my hope is certain.

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"Our sweet spot isn't just what we’re good at, but where our offering at a particular time intersects with what God is doing in some indescribable way."
- Leigh Mcleroy

#quotes

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It seems much more reasonable to adjust my own expectations, which I actually have the power to do, than to try and change another persons ability or behavior to meet my expectations.

#thursdaymotivation

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“Courage believes not only that God is bigger than the opposition but also better than all the alternatives.”

@jdgreear

#QuotesOfTheDay

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Experiencing little opposition doesn’t always mean I am headed in the right direction.

Just as experiencing great opposition doesn’t always mean I am headed in the wrong direction.

#Nehemiah

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“God’s great love and purposes for us are all worked out in messes in our kitchens and backyards, in storms and sins, blue skies, the daily work and dreams of our common lives.”

- Eugene Peterson

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#luke12 #wakeup

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Even when we don’t feel incredibly inspired, motivated or passionate about what needs to be done.

Our power remains in our choice, not our passions.

#quotes #quoteoftheday #Tuesday

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“The will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
- Corrie Ten Boom

We have the power to make the right decision, always.

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That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen

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Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly