We are not trying to manipulate God and tell Him what to do. Rather, we are asking Him to tell us what to do.

Richard J. Foster
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  2. Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our living.

  3. We do not have to have the correct answers to listen well. In fact, often the correct answers are a hindrance to listening well, for we become more anxious to give the correct answer than to hear.

  4. The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people.

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