“Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human misery, to touch the suffering flesh of others. He hopes that we will stop looking for those personal or communal niches which shelter us from the maelstrom of human misfortune and instead enter into the reality of other people’s lives and know the power of tenderness. Whenever we do so, our lives become wonderfully complicated and we experience intensely what it is to be a people, to be part of a people.” PeopleKnowsWantHumansKindSometimesRealityChristianSufferingJesusLordOur LivesArmsMiseryComplicatedFleshWoundsLengthMisfortunesTendernessShelterTemptedWant UNicheMaelstrom Book:The Joy of the Gospel Source: The Joy of the Gospel
“Here's what a lot of the media want us to believe: One day, we'll get everything right about our appearance. Our hair will look fabulous, our skin will be smooth and crease-free, men will have perfect six-pack abs and we'll be three sizes smaller than we are now. We'll look so good we'll have made over not just our looks but our lives.” MenWantBelieveLooksMadeThreePerfectOur LivesMediaHairOne DaySixSkinsSizeAppearanceAdvertisingPacksSmoothFabulousWant UFree ManSix Packs Author:Myrna Blyth
“We never really know what we want until after we get it. If after we get it, it makes life more miserable, we know that isn't what we wanted. If it makes our life wonderful, we know this is a strategy which will meet out need. That's why Paul Tillich, the theologian says we need to sin courageously. You ask for what you want, hoping to meet your needs. If you get it and it makes life worse, you learn that this isn't what I want.” IfsKnowsWantNeedsWantedAsksSinOur LivesWonderfulCommunicationStrategyWhat You WantMiserableTheologianWant UNonviolent Communication Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“No task is too big or too small for God. He cares for us. He wants the best for us. More importantly He just wants us to include Him in our lives by trusting in Him.” WantBigsCareOur LivesTasksLive ByWant U Author:Dan Ellis
“Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.” WantSpiritualOur LivesAccomplishKingdomsApathyWant UCreepsNumbness Book:A Woman's Walk with God: Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit Source: A Woman's Walk with God: Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit
“God did not create the strife between races, nor did He intend for it to be that way. Strife between races and ethnic groups comes from sin-and sin resides in the human heart. The Bible says, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (James 4:1). When one group or one race claims it is superior to another, pride has taken control-and pride is a sin.Instead, God wants us to learn to accept each other and love each other-and this becomes possible, as we turn our lives over to Christ and allow Him to change us from within.” WayWantHumansHeartDesireTurnsFightingCausesChristSinRaceAcceptingTakenOur LivesGroupsPrideBattleAnd LoveClaimsSuperiorsWithin YouHuman HeartStrifeWant UQuarrelsLove Each OtherEthnicityPeace And LoveChristian LoveBible VerseEthnic Groups Author:Billy Graham
“When God does a miracle somehow you have to respond. When God does things for you - maybe we don't deserve them and we can never really repay God but God really wants us to respond to them. He doesn't want us to stay the same. So, for us to respond to what God has done in our lives is probably the same way he would want anyone to do - "Just tell people what I've done for you and what you've seen and heard." That's what we're doing.” PeopleWayWantDoeDoneLife IsOur LivesHeardDeserveMiracleWant U Author:Todd Burpo
“God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.” WantGivingFeelsShowsOur LivesGratitudeThanksWant U Author:R. C. Sproul