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Our citizenship is in eternity history is our temporary residence.

Erwin McManus

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Erwin McManus
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 28
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We were created to be expressions of the goodness and wholeness of God.
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Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.
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A world without God cannot wait for us to choose the safe path. If we wait for someone else to take the risk, we risk that no one will ever act and that nothing will ever be accomplished.
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When you live your life knowing the mission and calling and voice of God in your soul and you know where that compass is driving you forward, you will become a rare commodity in a world searching for direction.
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Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a guarantee of prestige or adulation. It only matters if you live and die fulfilling the mission you were born for.
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Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
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So many of us have abdicated our passions for obligations, as if passion is a luxury for the young, and we must all grow up one day. We, even if reluctantly, fall into place to live a life of conformity that we describe as ‘maturity.’ We’ve made acting like an adult synonymous with living apathetic lives.
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To be apathetic is literally to be without passion.
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When you're passionate about God, you can trust your passions.
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