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You cannot stay the way you are and go with God.

Henry Blackaby

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Henry Blackaby
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 15
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If we walk with Him closely today, we'll be in the center of His will tomorrow
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Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God.
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If you feel weak, limited, ordinary, you are the best material through which God can work.
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Jesus taught that your highest priority must be your relationship with Him. If anything detracts you from that relationship, that activity is not from God. God will not ask you to do something that hinders your relationship with Christ.
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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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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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If things are getting darker, the problem is with us.
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The Christian never works toward victory, he always works FROM victory.
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When leaders claim that God bypasses their followers and speaks directly to them, they greatly diminish all God does through the lives of believers.Leaders who begrudge people the opportunity to seek God themselves and who do not actively teach their people how to hear God's voice have disqualified themselves as spiritual leaders.
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It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's.
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Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for.
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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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All revival begins, and continues, in the prayer meeting. Some have also called prayer the great fruit of revival. In times of revival, thousands may be found on their knees for hours, lifting up their heartfelt cries, with thanksgiving, to heaven.
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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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God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.
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We were not saved from our sin simply so that we would qualify for heaven. God delivered us so we would have a relationship with Him through which He could carry out His mission to redeem a lost world.
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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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The truth is that God can do anything He pleases through an ordinary person who is fully dedicated to Him.
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