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We never understand what we're praying, and God, in His mercy, does not answer our prayers according to our understanding, but according to His wisdom.

Rich Mullins

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Rich Mullins
Age: 41 †
Born: 1955
Born: October 21
Died: 1997
Died: September 19
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So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf. You have been King of my glory won't You be my Prince of Peace.
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Look at us all - we are all of us lost and in all of our different ways of pretending, we all fool ourselves into the very same hell. Look at the cross - we are all of us loved and one God meets us all at the point of our common need and brings to all of us - all who will let Him - salvation.
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Let people see your struggles and don't ever fake it.
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And I believe what I believe / Is what makes me what I am / I did not make it, no it is making me / It is the very truth of God and not / The invention of any man.
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If you can't be good, be loud.
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We are not saved because we're good. We're good because we're saved.
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Having grown up Protestant, I was unfamiliar with St. Francis. Then I watched the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon... I just became fascinated with the character of St. Francis. What I saw in that movie was a man who had fallen in love with God, someone for whom God was everything.
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Love is found in the things we've given up, more than in the things that we have kept.
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I grew up hearing everyone tell me 'God loves you'. I would say big deal, God loves everybody. That don't make me special! That just proves that God ain't got no taste. And, I don't think He does. Thank God! Because He takes the junk of our lives and makes the most beautiful art.
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I did not read the Bible today. I am not very good at being religious and don't really feel too bad about not being too good. I do wish that I loved God and His creatures more.
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Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.
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Ain't it funny what people say? Ain't it funny what people write?
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Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine.
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