Mark Hart Quotes
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It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.
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Our Sabbath practices reveal which Trinity we truly worship: Father, Son, and Spirit... or me, myself, and I.
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Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.
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God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.
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God didn't give Adam and Eve the right to decide what was good and evil. He gave them the right to choose between good and evil.
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We can't experience all that Heaven has to offer until we renounce all that the world offers in its place.
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Sunday doesn't just prepare us for the week ahead - it prepares us for eternity.
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True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.
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The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.
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There are 2 main things I've learned about following the Holy Spirit: It will never be easy. It will never be boring.
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A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.
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An annoyed and joyless Christian is the devil's greatest billboard.
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It is in our darkest cultures that the greatest saints rise, stand, and lead.
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A broken heart is merely an empty manger. Invite the Virgin and the carpenter to pray beside you. Invite the Savior to dwell there.
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God made saints out of far worse people than you.
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God will put someone in your path today who doesn't necessarily need you... but who desperately needs Christ in you.
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I'm at my 3 year-olds year-end concert. It's full of very off-key, mostly unfocused children, but this father is still beaming. Must be how God feels on Sunday.
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Preaching Christ's truth always bears fruit. Of course, some people will probably end up wanting to throw that fruit at you.
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Married couples, may we never forget that when attacks come the grace of the sacrament is eternally stronger than we are.
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Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.
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Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.
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We often talk about how we are God's "hands and feet," which is true. That being said, we can't fall into the trap of thinking God needs us like we need Him. He's God - which makes the reality that He wants to use us and be in relationship with us an even sweeter, more profound truth.
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Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.
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God doesn't desire our worship because He is egocentric. He desires it because we are.