Smart Quote of the Week: Patrick J. Carnes

“This is why people chase after sex with such desperate abandon. Whether they know it or not, they are searching for God.” —Patrick J. Carnes

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Smart Quote of the Week: Brennan Manning

“My message, unchanged for more than fifty years, is this: God loves you unconditionally, as you are and not as you should be, because nobody is as they should be.” Brennan Manning

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Smart Quote of the Week: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world." —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Smart Quote of the Week: Steve McVey

“When a person believes that repentance revolves around changing bad behavior into good behavior, his whole focus will be on behavior and not on Jesus Christ. Genuine repentance is simply to align our belief with His finished work.” Steve McVey

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Smart Quote of the Week: Jon Acuff

When a parent, a boss, a teacher, a spouse, or a friend tells you what you can’t be, they are predicting a future they don’t control.

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Smart Quote of the Week: John Lynch

This is the cruel joke we play on ourselves: To bluff and pretend that we are righteous, secretly knowing we aren't, only to eventually discover we actually were all along!“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.” ―Rich Mullins“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.”  ―Rich Mullins

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Smart Quote of the Week: Crawford Loritts

Greatness is never the product of giftedness. Greatness is always the product of faithfulness.“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.” ―Rich Mullins“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.”  ―Rich Mullins

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Smart Quote of the Week: H.A. Ironside

“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.” ―Rich Mullins“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.”  ―Rich MullinsGod is looking for broken men who have judged themselves in the light of the cross of Christ. When He wants anything done, He takes up men who have come to the end of themselves, whose confidence is not in themselves, but in God.

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Smart Quote of the Week: Francis Chan

Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers.

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Smart Quote of the week: Bill Thrall

“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.” ―Rich MullinsGive up on your need to show yourself as good, which will bring you to the point where God can reveal to you your own sinfulness. Your need of Him in that moment will change who you are forever. And He will meet you there, because He loves you. —Bill Thrall“Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.”  ―Rich Mullins

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