Chip Ingram Quotes
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Stop worrying about being your child's buddy. You are the only one in the world with the primary responsibility of giving your child what he needs, not what he wants.
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Remember that you are not called to produce successful, upwardly mobile, highly educated, athletically talented machines...Givi ng your children great opportunities is good; it is not, however, the goal of parenting. Christlikeness is. Above all, seek to raise children who look and act a lot like Jesus.
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What most of us do not realize is that we are being transformed in our thinking all the time - either by the world’s value system or by the truth of God’s Word.
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SURRENDER - Pray Psalm 139:23–24: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Commit to respond to whatever the Holy Spirit reveals to you.
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The existence of the devil is so clearly taught in the Bible that to doubt it is to doubt the Bible itself.
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But the second half of the message has been sorely neglected: the part about God’s dream that you become a precious and cherished son or daughter living in deep union with Him.
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We need to love people with our deeds AND our words because sharing the Good News is a process, not just an event.
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Total commitment is about being wise and smart, not necessarily being noble or virtuous. It’s not so much about self-denial but about logic and common sense. It’s not so much about what you lose; it’s about what you gain.
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The cross is the greatest example of humility and devotion in the universe. Jesus put your needs ahead of His own. He considered you more valuable than Himself.
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Walking in love means giving the other person what he or she needs the most when it is least deserved, because that’s exactly how God has treated you.
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Hopeless situations are never hopeless to God.
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If you attempt to build intimacy with a person before you’ve done the hard work of becoming a whole and healthy person, every relationship will be an attempt to complete the hole in your heart and the lack of what you don’t have. That relationship will end in disaster.
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The ancient path of communion with God is knowing what He's really like. And prayer is simply keeping company with God.
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Nothing breaks down barriers and preconceived ideas about 'Christians and Christianity' more than when we treat people the way Jesus treated His enemies.
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As believers in Christ, we do not fight for victory; we fight from victory. In Christ’s power, we are invincible.
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What comes to our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
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Your priority in life should be a relationship with Christ, not an agenda for him.
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If I could sum up what the Bible teaches about giving in one statement, it would be this: Generous living produces emotional happiness.
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Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.