"The gospel has done its work in us when we crave God more than we crave everything else in life and when seeing His kingdom advance in the lives of others gives us more joy than anything we could own. When we see Jesus as greater than anything the world can offer, weâ€™ll gladly let everything else go to possess Him."

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Source : "Gospel: Recovering the Power that Made Christianity Revolutionary". Book by J. D. Greear, 2011.

J. D. Greear

#Jesus Quotes #Giving Quotes #Joy Quotes

“Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts”
“You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.”

Source : "Julian Assange, monk of the online age who thrives on intellectual battle". Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2010.
“Before we can be cured, we must want to be cured.”
“I'm definitely not a muscle builder or a guy that's interested in being a muscle builder. It feels good to get back down to a normal size. Not like a hipster size or a buff-guy size, but just a normal, 34-waist guy.”
“So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.”
“Post-Modern space is historically specific, rooted in conventions, unlimited or ambiguous in zoning and irrational or transformational in its relation of parts to wholeâ€¦â€¦. â€¦skew or distorted spaces, created by sharp angles which exaggerate perspectiveâ€¦. â€¦always keep a mental coordinate system no matter how free- form and baroque they become. The reference plane is always an implied frontality, and the route through the building or the curvilinear elements then relate to this conceptual cage”
“Religion and science look at reality differently.”

Source : "Religion vs. Science’s Answers to the Big Questions" by Robert Lanza, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2012.
“I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.”

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