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“With each birthday, we change. With each death, we change. With each great love and each bitter heartbreak, we change. With each hurtful word and each cut of betrayal, we change. With each burst of happiness and each tear-inducing laugh, we change. With each good story, great friendship, and meaningful conversation, we change. Our lives are in a constant state of change, moving fluidly between the past, the present, and the future. And so it is until the day we die. We can’t stop change or do much to control it, but we can control the way we react to what happens to us along the way. With God’s help, we can overcome our past, transform our present, and embrace our future.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“I have wasted loads of sideways energy fueling the desire to forget what has happened in my past. Somewhere along the way we have been tricked into believing that if we can simply ignore what has happened to us, it will lose its hold on us. The truth is, however, that God does not intend for us to forget our past because it has the potential to make us stronger, more purpose-filled people. God can redeem those experiences and use them to transform us into a more accurate image of his Son.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“God has a calling for us to embrace right now, today.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“You are My friends if you do what I command you.”
― Anonymous

“Do not forget to rejoice, for hope is always just around the corner. Hold up through the hard times that are coming, and devote yourselves to prayer.”
― Anonymous, The Voice Bible: Step Into the Story of Scripture

“We will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that this (the Qur'an) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things?”
― Anonymous

“And yet when you get right down to it, we’re all the same—rich, poor, old, young, fat, skinny, white, brown, or purple—pick your costume, none of it really matters too much. What does matter is whether or not we take offense when we think we’ve been wronged, regardless of who we think we are or what costume we’re wearing.”
― Ted Dekker, Water Walker - Episode 1

“You can only learn who you really are by getting to the end of who you think you are;”
― Ted Dekker, Water Walker - Episode 1

“Magnificent Holy Father, We rejoice over the fact that You are never ashamed to be called our God, and we sincerely hope we are never ashamed to be called the bride of Christ. Open our eyes to the vision You had in mind when You called us to be “fishers of men,” and give us a heart to naturally draw others toward You. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
― Shannon Ethridge, Completely Irresistible: Drawing Others to God's Extravagant Love

“It is surrendering what we think we know about the Father so we can truly know him.”
― Ted Dekker, A.D. 30

“Many leaders in the church do not want to deal with things that relate to the devil.”
― Kimberly Daniels, The Demon Dictionary Volume One: Know Your Enemy. Learn His Strategies. Defeat Him!

“Consistent participation in the act and spirit of Early Morning Prayer will eradicate from your life the things that create the majority of all spiritual inconsistencies. Almost all of the works of the flesh that continually disrupt the flow of God can be eliminated totally by a commitment to diligently seeking God at the break of each new day. When every day is begun with a fresh pursuit of the presence of God, none of the inconsistencies of human endeavor will be able to dominate.”
― Tony Bailey, The Nautical Hour

“It is absolutely mind boggling to discover how many Christians live under a heavy weight of condemnation simply because they do not engage themselves in daily prayer. A startling percentage of Christian laity attempt to live in spiritual victory without it. Even more disturbing is the fact that a very high percentage of Christian ministers and Church leadership live almost everyday with the accusing voice of prayerlessness.”
― Tony Bailey, The Nautical Hour

“Consistent participation with God in the act of early morning prayer will totally destroy the condemnation of prayerlessness.”
― Tony Bailey, The Nautical Hour

“In our ignorance, there will always be a rebuke, a murmur, or an opinion that is not in line with God. Without knowing it, we begin to speak against the ways of God, the house of God, or the man or the woman of God.”
― John A. Tetsola, Understanding the Divine Timing of God

“The longing in a single person’s heart for a wife or a husband finds its root in God’s glory.”
― Matt Chandler, The Mingling of Souls: God's Design for Love, Marriage, Sex, and Redemption

“The Bible always tells the beautiful and brutal truth about people and the human condition.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“Through the work of Jesus Christ, God is able to save lost sinners, forgive disobedient saints, and even go a step further to redeem the pitfalls from our past.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“Even with all his flaws, David has gone down in history as a man after God’s own heart. The same can be true for you, too. God can give you a new legacy and allow you to pass on a blessing, not a curse, to the next generation.”
― Kasey Van Norman, Named by God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future

“It is possible for a man to communicate something even when he is saying nothing.”
― Cornelius Lindsey, Decoding the Silent Man's Language: What Men Are Saying When They Are Not Saying Anything

“Sin strips man of his righteous identity. It destroys all peace of mind. It ruins marriages, families, and friendships. It has taken down many churches, destroyed legacies, and toppled great nations. I truly believe that very few people would indulge in their lustful behavior if the consequences of their actions were immediate.”
― Cornelius Lindsey, Decoding the Silent Man's Language: What Men Are Saying When They Are Not Saying Anything

“We are formed in the very image of the Lord, God Himself!”
― Darin Bowler, The Blood of God: Appreciating and Applying the Remedy for Your Sins

“Because we are now “temples” of God, we are now supposed to live differently from the rest of humanity.”
― Darin Bowler, The Blood of God: Appreciating and Applying the Remedy for Your Sins