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More Quotes by Eugene H. Peterson
Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing.
Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.
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.
Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing.
Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions.
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.
You're here to be LIGHT... Shine! Be generous with your lives.
Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God; it whets our appetite.
O God, when my faith gets overladen with dust, blow it clean with the wind of your Spirit. When my habits of obedience get stiff and rusty, anoint them with the oil of your Spirit. Restore the enthusiasm of my first love for you.
Prayer gets us in on what God is doing.
