random thoughts

What you’re excited about is what your people really learn. - D.A. Carson

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"Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is tested." - Martin Luther

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 God said to me, as a pastor, "I want you to be a father, not a tutor."

"Tutors may worry about other tutors taking their business. Fathers want the best tutors for their kids."

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People in ministry can view their work as 'Jesus' & their rest as s'thing else. But Jesus' food was to do His Father's will. 

People in ministry especially, "Do you rest in a way that is consistent with your calling in Jesus?"

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"That's what you believe. But it's not what you value."

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"Worry is worthless. It can't change the past. It can't control the future. It only wastes this moment." 

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 "Sin offers a temporary fix for your pain - while it slowly destroys your purpose."

  "Lust is the craving for salt of a man dying of thirst." - Frederick Buechner

"The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal." - D. Bonhoeffer