The war to preserve the privilege of mythmaking

~ Marvin Bell

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If you really want to grow great, you need to avoid costly pleasures and preserve your future treasures.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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A simple word of greeting, an offer of a cup of coffee on me, a smile and a hug will all go a long way toward reconciliation. A listening ear can open a wandering heart to the thought that God still loves them, and there just might be a place still set for them at their Father’s table.

~ Katherine J. Walden

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To save your life from prodigal waste, you must have good ideas. God may give you an idea that he may send someone to pay for. Surely, if you hide that idea, you may not meet the person meant to finance it!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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What makes authentic disciples is not visions, ecstasies, biblical mastery of chapter and verse, or spectacular success in the ministry, but a capacity for faithfulness. Buffeted by the fickle winds of failure, battered by their own unruly emotions, and bruised by rejection and ridicule, authentic disciples may have stumbled and frequently fallen, endured lapses and relapses, gotten handcuffed to the fleshpots and wandered into a far county. Yet, they kept coming back to Jesus.

~ Brennan Manning

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It is to the prodigals...that the memory of their Father's house comes back. If the son had lived economically he would never have thought of returning.

~ Simone Weil

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Why must we cling to those who walk away instead of granting freedom? We must give the same liberty God gives to prodigals-an ability to let them go-or we'll be perennially bound to others for our happiness and effective service.

~ Mary E. Demuth

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