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“Hallelujah! The Spirit breathes, the Spirit lifts, the Spirit renews, the Spirit quickens. He brings life where death was. He brings truth where no vision was. He brings revelation, for God is in that man. He is in the power of the Spirit, lost, hidden, clothed, filled, and resurrected.”
― Smith Wigglesworth, Smith Wigglesworth on Manifesting the Power of God: Walking in God's Anointing Every Day of the Year

“Unbelief imposes limits on our faith that God never intended. These limitations are rooted in fear, misinformation, and deception. Satan knows that unlimited faith is devastating to his counterfeit kingdom; therefore he does everything in his power to neutralize it. How does he accomplish this task? Well, if faith is the conviction of the truth of God’s Word, then unbelief is the conviction of a lie. When we are operating in unbelief we don’t cease to believe, we simply believe something that is not true. The disciples were convinced that the demon they were facing was too great for them to deal with. This was a lie. They had all the authority they needed to deal with the devil.”
― Kynan Bridges, The Power of Unlimited Faith: Living in the Miraculous Everyday

“Jesus dines with sinners not because sin is no big deal. Jesus dines with sinners not because he expects us to go on sinning. Jesus dines with sinners not because he knows that some of us are just more prone to certain sins than others, and he gives us a free pass when our inclinations lead us into sin. Jesus dines with sinners not because the Roman government made certain sins into a protected class of citizenship. The laws of the land do not nullify the laws of God. Jesus dines with sinners so that he can get close enough to touch us, so that he can participate in the intimacy of table fellowship as a healer and a helper. Jesus comes to change us, to transform us, so that after we have dined with Jesus, we want Jesus more than the sin that beckons our fidelity. And now, in the passage that completes this scene, Jesus rebukes the Pharisee:”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World

“The gospel creates community that welcomes others in. The gospel says to fellow image bearers: “You are welcome here. Come as you are. Take my hand. I’m not leading, I’m following. Jesus is leading.”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World