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• So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes and grows.

  Martin Luther

  Effectiveness, Thought Provoking, Grows

  Martin Luther (1967). “Table talk”

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• Self-awareness and healthy self-love go hand in hand. When we love what God has given us and share it with others naturally and without expectations for gratitude we are truly people who have spiritual self-confidence and compassion; and isn't that a great way to live?

  Robert J. Wicks

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Self Confidence

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• God made (human beings) because he loves stories.

  Elie Wiesel

  Thought Provoking, Stories, Love Story

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• One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own place. The story confronts but does not oppress; the story inspires but does not manipulate. The story invites us to an encounter, a dialogue, a mutual sharing. As long as we have stories to tell to each other there is hope. As long as we can remind each other of the lives of men and women in whom the love of God becomes manifest, there is reason to move forward to new land in which new stories are hidden.

  Henri Nouwen

  Moving, Men, Land

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• Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.

  Francis Chan

  Games, Thought Provoking, Video

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• Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.

  Francis Chan

  People, Giving, Thought Provoking

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.51, David C Cook

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• Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

  Francis Chan

  Believe, Heart, Thought Provoking

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• Fear of God failing us leads us to "cover for God." This means we ask, expect, and are satisfied with less.

  Francis Chan

  Mean, Thought Provoking, Failing

  Francis Chan, Preston Sprinkle (2014). “The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply”, p.171, David C Cook

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• We learn not in the school, but in life.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Learning, School

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• If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.

  Francis Chan

  Thought Provoking, May, Scripts

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• One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.

  Francis Chan

  Christian, Jesus, Hard Times

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• I've never felt a need to really respond to someone else's writing.

  Francis Chan

  Writing, Thought Provoking, Needs

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• The youth do not see the old. They are not programmed to see the old, who are cancelled, negated, wiped out.

  Doris Lessing

  Thought Provoking, Youth

  Doris Lessing (2010). “Shikasta: Re, Colonised Planet 5”, p.453, Vintage

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• We have control over our prayer life, our relationship with Jesus.

  Francis Chan

  Jesus, Prayer, Thought Provoking

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• It's not that there aren't a million other things to learn about God, but He says you've got to start with the fear of the Lord because that's the beginning of wisdom.

  Francis Chan

  Thought Provoking, Lord, Millions

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• Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.

  Martin Luther

  Mother, Children, Father

  Martin Luther (1962). “The Christian in society”

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• When I don't think biblically, I go nuts. I just go, 'This is crazy.'

  Francis Chan

  Crazy, Thinking, Nuts

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• We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

  Larry Page

  Data Collection, Thought Provoking, Sound

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• Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about that? Why not you? If you feel a strong urge to see a problem fixed, then why not act on it?

  Steve Pavlina

  Strong, People, Thought Provoking

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• The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do with your life isn't up to your parents, your boss, or your spouse. It's up to you and you alone.

  Steve Pavlina

  Past, Thought Provoking, Boss

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• I want my life to have had more value than just acquiring stuff and living comfortably. I may die rich, or I may die broke. But I won't die with my music still in me.

  Steve Pavlina

  Thought Provoking, May, Want

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• Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing.

  Michael Fassbender

  Break Up, Breakup, Character

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• What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Thought Provoking, Humans, Visible

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• More and more countries of the world have decided that corporations do a better job of generating and deploying capital than do states.

  Max L. Stackhouse

  Country, Jobs, Countries Of The World

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• News at Work is a vivid, inside look at the collision of print journalism and electronic media. Based on close access to the leading news organizations in Buenos Aires, Boczkowski documents how contemporary journalism is caught in the grip of emulation; this spiral of imitation exacerbated further by global news media and their intensifying homogenization. The portrait of this transformation of the news is both fascinating and deeply worrying, and is guaranteed to provoke debate.

  Walter W. Powell

  Media, Organization, Worry

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