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" Don't seek opportunity. Seek God and opportunity will seek you. "
Mark Batterson
You
God
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" If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen. "
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" In my experience, take the Holy Spirit out of the equation of your life and it spells boring. Add it into the equation of your life and you never know where you are going to go, what you are going to do, or who you are going to meet. "
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" It's hard for me to imagine why a church that has younger members wouldn't have a blog component. "
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" I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and made all the hospital visits. I think that is changing and I think that is healthy. Both for the pastor and the congregation. "
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" I think faith is the small mustard seed of opportunities every day. For example, 'Am I going to love this person? Am I going to share my faith with this person? Am I going to pray that little prayer?' It really is a daily thing where you seize those little mustard seed opportunities and then see what God does. "
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" Routines are normal, natural, healthy things. Most of us take a shower and brush our teeth every day. That is a good routine. Spiritual disciplines are routines. That is a good thing. But once routines become routine you need to change your routine. "
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" In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past. "
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" What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference. "
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