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“God specializes in giving people a fresh start.”

Source: What on Earth Am I Here For?

“Most people fail to realize that money is both a test and trust from God.”

Source: What on Earth Am I Here For?

“The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.”

People Murder Believer Abortion God Image Just Believe

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“God uses his Word, people and circumstances to mold us. All three are indispensable for character development. God's word provides the truth we need to grow, God's people provide the support we need to grow, and circumstances provide the environment we need to grow.”

People Needs Character Use Three Grows Support Environment Development Circumstances Indispensable Mold Character Development

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“He (God) usually prefers to work through people rather than perform miracles, so that we will depend on each other for fellowship.”

People Depends Miracle Fellowship

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“The goal of 'The Purpose Driven Life' is to help people develop a heart for the world.”

People World Heart Helping Life Is Purpose Goal Driven Purpose Driven Life

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“You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach.... The music you use 'positions' your church in your community. It defines who you are.... It will determine the kind of people you attract, the kind of people you keep, and the kind of people you lose.”

People Want Kind Use Community Loses Church Position Who You Are Determine

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“I happen to know people who are followers of Christ in other religions.”

People Knows Happens Christ Followers

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“Many people allow their need for other people's approval to control their lives. They spend their lives worrying about what others think of them.”

People Thinking Needs Worry Appreciate Approval

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“He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live by, a profession to live out, and power to live on. There is no other place on earth where you can find all five of these benefits in one place.”

People Needs Earth Christian Purpose Religion Church Principles Five Benefits Profession Live By

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“Servants think of ministry as an opportunity, not an obligation. They enjoy helping people, meeting needs, and doing ministry.”

People Thinking Needs Helping Christian Religion Opportunity Enjoy Church Meetings Obligation Servant Ministry Helping People

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“Many people spend their lives trying to create a lasting legacy on earth. They want to be remembered when they're gone. Yet, what ultimately matters most will not be what others say about your life but what God says.”

People Want Life Trying Matter Earth Christian Religion Gone Legacy Remembered Lasting Lasting Legacy

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“The love of Jesus Christ covers your sins, and it also gives you the power to let other people off the hook. You've been forgiven, and you can forgive others.”

People Giving Jesus Christ Sin Forgiveness Jesus Christ Forgiving Forgiven Hook

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“To begin loving people today, we must close the door on the past. And that cannot happen without forgiveness! Forgive those who have hurt you - for your sake, not because they deserve it.”

People Happens Today Christian Past Religion Hurt Doors Forgiveness Deserve Forgiving Sake

Book:God's Power to Change Your Life

Source: God's Power to Change Your Life

“Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.”

People Men Needs Feels Helping Asks Weakness Shame Admission

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“God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us.”

People Christian Teach One Line

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“People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.”

People Christian Religion Grace Share Weakness God's Grace Brag

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“Nothing else you do will ever matter as much as helping people establish an eternal relationship with God.”

People Matter Helping Christian Religion Eternal Helping People Relationship With God

Book:Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose

Source: Daily Inspiration for the Purpose Driven Life: Scriptures and Reflections from the 40 Days of Purpose

“Christians ought to have a reputation for being the most dependable people at work. They are always aware of who their true boss is.”

People Christian Religion Ought Reputation Boss Dependable

Book:The Power to Change Your Life: Exchanging Personal Mediocrity for Spiritual Significance

Source: The Power to Change Your Life: Exchanging Personal Mediocrity for Spiritual Significance

“Any time you get serious about using your life the way God wants you to use it, there are going to be people who oppose it.”

People Way Want Use Christian Religion Serious

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“Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion, etc.) while having weak convictions about major issues (what is right and what is wrong).”

People Today Christian Spiritual Religion Strong Growth Issues Fashion Football Essentials Majors Weak Conviction Maturity Etc Spiritual Growth Ironic Biblical

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“If God only used perfect people, He would have no one to use.”

People Ifs Use Used Perfect

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“Jesus measured greatness in terms of service not status. God determines your greatness by how many people you serve, not how many people serve you.”

People Jesus Term Greatness Determine

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“People aren't things to be molded; they are lives to be unfolded. And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.”

People Helping Given Leader Lives Of Others True Leader

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“Building friendships with people from dissimilar backgrounds and diverse perspectives will make you wiser and more creative.”

People Creative Advice Building Perspective Backgrounds Diverse Wiser Good Advice

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“Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.”

People Ifs Watches Advice Authority Blame Rejects Accountability Good Advice

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“If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.”

People Ifs Trying Advice Impress Good Advice

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“The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.”

People Able Quality Essentials Perfection Credibility Not Perfect

Book:The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

“Lasting love extends grace. No relationship will make it without grace. The Bible tells us that this is part of love. You're not going to have a relationship unless you have forgiveness, mercy, patience, acceptance, grace. You've got to cut people some slack.”

People Grace Cutting Love You Acceptance Mercy Lasting Lasting Love

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“Great leaders inspire. They maintain a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition. People don't follow discouraged leaders. They follow those who persist with hope.”

People Faces Attitude Leader Inspire Criticism Constant Opposition Hopeful Persist Discouraged Great Leader Discouraging Setback Constant Criticism

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“Unkind people need your kindness the most. They advertise their pain.”

People Needs Pain Kindness Be Kind Unkind Unkindness Kind People

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“I'd rather live dangerously for Jesus than exist safely for people's approval.”

People Jesus Approval

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“Little people belittle people. Great people make people feel great.”

People Feels Littles Great People Belittle

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“In deep pain, people don't need logic, advice, encouragement, or even Scripture. They just need you to show up and shut up.”

People Needs Shows Pain Advice Bible Logic Encouragement Scripture Deep Shut Up Encouraging Need You Pain And Sorrow Deep Pain

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“Great leaders genuinely care for and love the people they lead more than they love leading itself.”

People Care Leader And Love Great Leader

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“People need fewer 'ought-to' sermons, and more 'how-to' sermons. The deepest kind of teaching is that which makes a difference in people's day-to-day lives. Jesus spoke to the crowd with an interesting style. When God's Word is taught in an uninteresting way, people don't just think the pastor is boring, they think God is boring!”

“It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about”

People Self Christian Difficult Religious Tasks Ministers Servant Ministry Consumerism Hearted Self Centered Robes Difficult Tasks Great Commission

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“God hates loneliness, and community is God's answer to loneliness. When we walk alongside other people, we find a community where we learn how to love.”

People Love Christian Hate Community Answers Walks Loneliness How To Love Christian Love

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“It is impossible to do everything people want you to do. You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you can’t get it all done, it means you’re trying to do more than God intended for you to do.”

People Ifs Want Trying Mean Done Enough Impossible Gods Will Enough Time

Book:What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life

Source: What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life

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