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If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.

Mark Driscoll

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Mark Driscoll
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 11
Pastor
Writer
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Flow
Control
Words
Come
Heart
Rests
Sovereignty
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Ultimately I think the difference between reading the Bible and studying it is making the connections between who Jesus is and what he's done.
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You can't meet Jesus and not change. If you haven't changed, you haven't met the real Jesus.
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Past: Jesus saved us from the penalty of sin. Present: He saves us from the power of sin. Future: He will save us from the presence of sin.
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We're not to follow our hearts, we're to guard our hearts.
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My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by his gloriously masculine men who work their jobs, eat their meat, drink their beer, romance their wives, study their Bible, and raise their kids in glory and joy
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Being single is not easy. But neither is being married. They are just difficult in different ways as God uses everything in our life to make us more like Jesus, who happened to live a perfect life while single.
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So let me tell you this, when it comes to...trying to introduce other people to Jesus. Don't get mad at them: it's not because they're stupid. It's because they're blind. Yelling louder, arguing harder, pushing firmer won't make someone who is blind see. Pray for them, speak to them, care for them.
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Much of spirituality today is an effort to change God to suit us. But he's not going to become more like us, we need to become more like him.
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You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They leave a terrible legacy. Will you be selfish? Will you be a servant?...A good marriage is a servant and a servant.
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Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!
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Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.
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Everyone has something to teach you if you are humble enough to learn.
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate...often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them.
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Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.
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Forgiveness is both a decision and a process.
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Fear is not always a sin but it always is an opportunity.
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No one can remain neutral regarding Jesus' resurrection. The claim is too staggering, the event too earthshaking, the implications too significant and the matter too serious. We must either receive it or reject it as truth for us. To remain indifferent or undecided is to reject it.
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Spirituality, without the Holy Spirit, is demonic.
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Some will tell you that there are multiple worldviews. The Bible says we have only 2: the Truth and the Lie.
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The Bible is not a book of principles to live by but rather a Person to live for.
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