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Prayer is designed to adjust you to God's will, not to adjust God to your will.

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Henry Blackaby
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 15
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If things are getting darker, the problem is with us.
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Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes--all the time! It must be that way, for God's glory and kingdom. If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory. He wants to reveal Himself to a watching world.
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It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.
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People who make decisions based merely on what seems most advisable to them will inevitably choose something inferior to God's best. Jesus, the ultimate model for the Christian life, did not rely on His own best thinking, but depended completely on His heavenly Father for wisdom in everything.
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Nothing is more pathetic than having a small character in a big assignment. Many of us don't want to give attention to our character, we just want the big assignment from God.
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Regardless of what we say, it's what we do that reveals what we as a church or individual actually believe about God and His will for us.
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To be loved by God is the highest relationship, the highest achievement, and the highest position in life.
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Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for.
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If Christians around the world were to suddenly renounce their personal agendas, their life goals and their aspirations, and begin responding in radical obedience to everything God showed them. the world would be turned upside down. How do we know? Because that's what first century Christians did, and the world is still talking about it.
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