Most people are desperately insecure and in need of affirmation. (10)
~Dan Simmons,
Pastor, New Community Baptist Church, Strongsville Ohio
Most people are desperately insecure and in need of affirmation. (10)
~Dan Simmons,
Pastor, New Community Baptist Church, Strongsville Ohio
"I realized people prefer to define us by what we do rather than take the time to discover who we are. Titles serve a quicker fix, which allows people to classify us without actually understanding us." (36) ~Kary Oberbrunner in Your Secret Name.
People who have control issues are usually trying to live a pain free life. (14)
“When you assume negative intent, you’re angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed.… You don’t get defensive. You don’t scream. You are trying to understand and listen because at your basic core you are saying, ‘Maybe they are saying something to me that I’m not hearing.” Indra…
Perhaps the greatest gift we can give our children is to teach them to live like they are loved. (16)
Faith is problematic because it requires us to embrace the mess. In the rawness of faith, we must embrace the idea that there things we cannot see and hope means we may have to wait. Waiting is often hard and sometimes, painful. But faith and hope are worth it.
It is more important to teach people how to think than it is to teach them what to think.(19) ~Jon Richey