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The Christian never works toward victory, he always works FROM victory.

Henry Blackaby

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Henry Blackaby
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: April 15
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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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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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Don't put labels on people. See them as people who Christ died for.
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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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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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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 know that God loves you, you should never question a directive from Him.
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You cannot go with God and stay where you are.
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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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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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Revival is a divinely initiated work in which God’s people pray, repent of their sin, and return to a holy, Spirit-filled, obedient, love-relationship with God.
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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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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 have trouble hearing God speak, you are in trouble at the very heart of your Christian experience.
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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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God is always at work around you.
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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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If things are getting darker, the problem is with us.
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Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?
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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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