"Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has a way of sobering us up to the realization that we can't make it on our own, that we need help, that we're broken."

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Source : Tullian Tchividjian, Nick Lannon (2015). “It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News”, David C Cook

Tullian Tchividjian

#Christian Quotes #Broken Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“If this world could only grasp the power of forgiveness. Being able to forgive someone breaks the cycle of bitterness and vengeance”
“In truth, ideas and principles are independent of men; the application of them and their illustration is man's duty and merit. The time will come when the author of a view shall be set aside, and the view only taken cognizance of. This will be the millennium of Science.”
“When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables you to be a monster.'”
“I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the tightly interwoven fabric that was our life. I wish I could go back to it because, in retrospect, it seems so secure compared to now, when I am so rich and famous and so hated by the authorities in the capitol.”
“I guess I am going to think about freezing my eggs.”
“To pray is nothing more involved than to open the door, giving Jesus access to our needs and permitting Him to exercise His own power in dealing with them.”

Source : Ole Hallesby (1975). “Prayer”, Augsburg Fortress Publishing
“I had a lovely time growing up.”
“A youth's knowledge is like a cheap shotgun-likely to do as much damage to the owner as to the game.”

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