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Praise is the highest occupation of any being

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Occupation
Praise
Highest
Christian

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Ggrace is God's best idea - it's His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.
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The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.
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We're important, but not essential valuable, but not indispensable. We have a part in the play, but we are not the main act. A song to sing, but we are not the featured voice. God is.
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Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true.
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Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you. Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)
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Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.
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If Jesus heals instantly, praise Him. If Jesus heals gradually, trust Him. When Jesus heals ultimately, you will understand.
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When you give a gift to one of God's children, you give a gift to God.
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If we could solve the problem of who we are and where we are going, that it would have a huge impact on the culture and waterfall in on some of the more practical and social issues.
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A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack this story in their presence.
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What to change your life? Begin by saying, The Lord is my shepherd.
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[ Christianity], in and of itself, sets itself apart inherently, and so, for somebody to say, Well it just seems to me like you can pick between all these religions and still have the same thing. Its kind of like somebody saying, You could pick between 80 bananas and one apple and say you have a banana. You cant call that apple a banana.
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I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that people are told you are what you have through billboards, commercials, and sitcoms, and so forth.
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To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.
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He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.
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We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase save his people from their sins, but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language.
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In the manger God loves you through the cross God saves you. But has he taken you to his home? Not yet.
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Christ became one of us to redeem all of us.
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God knows just the place where you'll be placed. He has a barren living room in desperate need of warmth and joy. A corner of the world needs some color. He selected you with that place in mind.
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