So I've been thinking. Do you believe there's a hell?"" Sure. Doesn't everybody?"" Well, what if this is hell, but we just don't know it?"" That's crazy. Hell is like lakes of fire, and there are devils with horns and pitchforks. here's none of those around here."" But what if hell's not really like that?" Grace asked. "Everyone says it's that way, " I said. "I don't think Jesus every talked about fire and brimstone."" Then why do they teach us that at church?"" To scare us."" Why would they want to scare us?"" I don't know. I just don't think God wants us to do good things because we're scared. I think he wants us to do good things because we're good. Richard Paul Evans
Want to keep Christ in Christmas? Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, care for the ill, love your enemies, and do unto others as you would have done unto you.
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Steve Maraboli
The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff.
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Criss Jami
Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.
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Joyce Meyer
Good works is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine works is showing them their worth to the One who matters.
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Criss Jami
Anything under God's control is never out of control.
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Charles R. Swindoll
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I am not a believer in love at first sight. For love, in its truest form, is not the thingof starry-eyed or star-crossed lovers, it is far more organic, requiring nurturing and timeto fully bloom, and, as such, seen best not in its callow youth...
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Believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow shot from His own bow. It is the single universal trait that the great of this earth have all shared, while the shadows...
