Quotes

“Man promotes by the height of the tree. God promotes by the depth of the roots.” - Gabriel Lopez

“One time, God gave me a dream where I was preaching and people were thirsty for how God was about to move in healing. I said, ‘We don’t need to prove how good of sponges we are, but how good of water He is.’” - Jesse Cupp

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A couple of thoughts...

When you become proud of the revelation (or spiritual knowledge) you have received, you cut yourself off from the ability to live it out. Pride and the empowering grace of the Holy Spirit don’t mix together well. (1 Peter 5:5)

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More Quotes

“If we get offended by people in the body of Christ not doing as much as (or what) we are, we may tend to plateau or even regress spiritually. Promotion is from God. He doesn’t seem to like to promote that kind of spiritual pride.” -Me

I think spiritual growth is greatly helped when our hunger for what we haven’t yet experienced is greater than our complacency for what we have.” -Me

“Getting impressed with what God has given to you (gifts, possessions, etc.) is a poor substitute for getting impressed with God.” -Me

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Quotes

“Accountability feels like an attack when you’re not ready to acknowledge your toxic behavior.” -Miles McPherson

“The fruit of our life reveals what we believe.” - Erik Frederickson

“I wonder how often people think they’re under spiritual attack but really it is just their spiritual pride that disconnected them from God...” -Me

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Quotes

“When your faith is 100% secure in the Lord and you have put all of your eggs in his basket, the latest headlines don’t move you, whatever they say. They may grieve you or bless you, but they don’t shake you or move you. God alone is your rock.” -Michael Brown

"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed." - Denzel Washington

“The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.” -Plato

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Quotes

“If you cater to fear long enough, it becomes your companion and your lens through which you see the world.” -Dean Goossen

“It takes far more energy to be religious than it does to actually know Jesus.” -Erik Frederickson

“If the Holy Spirit was given without limitation, what if the only limits there are are the ones we believe there are.” - me

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Thoughts

“I wonder how many answers to prayer people give up on because, even though it would happen, it won’t happen the way they thought it would. Sort of like Naaman and the leprosy...” - Me

“The problem is we are all looking for unconditional love while carrying a big bag of conditions.” - Erik Frederickson

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Quotes

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on my side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."-Abraham Lincoln

“Many Christians estimate difficulties in the light of their own resources, and thus attempt little and often fail in the little they attempt. All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence with them." - Hudson Taylor

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Quotes

“If your favorite moments in life are when people approve or notice you instead of when you connect people to God, you might be living for something way too shallow.” - Me

“You know you are worshipping when you forget you are worshiping.” -Andrea Di Meglio

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Quotes

“Move past the mistakes you have made, take a look at the patterns and deal with those.” - Henry Cloud

“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” -Billy Graham

“If reasonable men don’t keep talking, unreasonable men will take over the narrative.” -Bishop Jakes

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Thoughts

“Don’t ever let someone make you feel guilty because they are suffering the consequences of their own actions.” -Henry Cloud

“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.” -St. Alphonsus Ligouri

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Thoughts

“When the church is worried about negative reactions over speaking the truth…it has lost all ability to say anything meaningful in culture.” -Kevin Dedmon

“The place in your life where you compromise in worship [stop obeying God] is where you quit growing.” -Chris O’Dell

Spiritual gifts can plateau when the focus is on one's own gifts rather than on love for those who would be blessed through what God can do through that gift. -Me

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Quotes

“If you have more input from the media then the Word of God, then your discouragement is self-inflicted.” -Bill Johnson

“You can blame the circumstances, but backsliding always begins in the heart.” -A.W. Tozer

“Shaming someone into action creates acting. Inspiring someone into action creates change.” - Neil Strauss

“Wherever you run from God is the spiritual level you stay at...” -Chris O’Dell

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A couple of quotes

"I put gifts in other people for you to enjoy... not for you to be jealous of." -Joyce Meyer

“Once you stop living to prove yourselves to others, you will see your real purpose.” -Ankit Sajwan

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My Thought and Some Quotes

An idol is whatever we follow instead of obeying God. And once we make something an idol, the joy/fulfillment that came from that thing invariably will start to fade... because fulfillment ultimately comes from God. - Me

"You can't recover from what you aren't willing to uncover." - Dr. Russ Irwin (in other words - inner healing doesn't come by avoiding)

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Quotes

"In 1851 Dorothea Trudel stood up to the epidemic that was killing many around lake Zurich in Switzerland. Not only were her 5 employees miraculously healed as she laid hands on them but hundreds of others soon came to her place of business. This occasion launched the modern day healing movement that been dormant for 1400 years. This a great time for a new level of breakthrough against an outbreak. It just takes one person like Dorothea to make a difference. Let’s be those who spread God’s presence and power to those around us 🔥." -Kevin Dedmon

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Quotes

“I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.” -Kobe Bryant

“The Gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.” - Carl F. H. Henry

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Quotes

“We miss out on so much when we take the adventure we can give ourselves because we know how it will work out... as opposed to His adventure for us that leaves us trusting Him.

We rob ourselves when we settle for the fools gold that we can see instead of what He has for us that we can’t...” -Me

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Quotes and a Testimony

“People who succeed in life do not go around settling the score. They do not even keep score. They “run up the score” by doing good to others even when the others don’t deserve it. They give them better than they are given. And as a result, they often bring the other person up to their level instead of being brought down to the level of the other.” -Henry Cloud

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Thoughts...

If we are desiring to bring transformation to culture but have lost our passion for Jesus and souls, are we doing anything more than just trying to create a godless utopia?

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