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If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.

Philip Yancey

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Philip Yancey
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: November 4
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Georgia
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...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.
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We're concerned with how things turn out God seems more concerned with how we turn out.
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We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.
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The camera follows a young woman as she makes her way through the stands to an area set aside for repentance and conversion. But Jesus' stories imply that far more may be going on out there: beyond that stadium scene, in a place concealed from all camera lenses, a great party has erupted, a gigantic celebration in the unseen world.
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Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism - Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet.
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The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.
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Christian faith is... basically about love and being loved and reconciliation. These things are so important, they're foundational and they can transform individuals, families.
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All too often the church holds up a mirror reflecting back the society around it, rather than a window revealing a different way.
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The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.
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The Cross of Christ may have overcome evil, but it did not overcome unfairness. For that, Easter is required.
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If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.
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In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square
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Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.
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Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.
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I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.
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When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.
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Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.
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Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.
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Indeed we are all in peril if the flawed messenger invalidates the message.
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At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.
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