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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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The Christian needs to walk in peace, so no matter what happens they will be able to bear witness to a watching world.
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Our difficulty is not that we don't know God's will. Our discomfort comes from the fact that we do know His will, but we do not want to do it.
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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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If the Christian does not know when God is speaking, he is in trouble at the heart of his Christian life!
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The essence of sin is a shift from God centeredness to a self-centeredness. The essence of salvation is a denial of self, not an affirming of self.
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We should thank God for being with us, not ask Him to be with us (this is always given!).
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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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If you feel weak, limited, ordinary, you are the best material through which God can work.
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Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for.
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How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.
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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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The Christian never works toward victory, he always works FROM victory.
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If you know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him.
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