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Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of love, cups of cold water, missions into all the world, healing and evangelism and justice in Jesus' name, hands raised in adoration of the Father, feet washed in company with the Son.
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More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
If you don't take a Sabbath, something is wrong. You're doing too much, you're being too much in charge. You've got to quit, one day a week, and just watch what God is doing when you're not doing anything.
When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us.
The word 'christian' means different things to different people. To one person it means a stiff, upright, inflexible way of life, colorless and unbending. To another it means a risky, surprised-filled adventure, lived tiptoe at the edge of expectation...If we get our information from the biblical material, there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life.
Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.
No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.
Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.
The life of faith isn't meant for tourists. It's meant for pilgrims.
The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.
One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.
Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
