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quotes[0]='I didn\'t think til later.... but if there are rewards, what will we do but cast them at His feet knowing Who it was that really did it? (Joyce) source
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quotes[1]='If there is anything your father wants to reveal to you about it he is fully able to do exactly that. Don\'t be surprised to find that he often reveals the answers to your struggles and questions in the midst of what you have been doing or have done. (the shovel) source
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quotes[2]='And, in the end, who would most be threatened by their own descriptions of hell? (Broken Link) source
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quotes[3]='And then one day I outgrew my imaginary friend and found I had a real friend. My new friend KNOWS God, whereas my imaginary friend just thought he knew a lot about God. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[4]='What you are is given to you in Christ. What you do with it is based on whether you see it in the flesh, or in Christ. Many people aren\'t comfortable about finding themselves defined as not much more than they used to condemn, only in Christ. I am. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[5]='Arrogance is believing in our merit to save us, not grace, not using our talents and brains. (PhilTex) source
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quotes[6]='Forget your mind, that\'s where Christ\'s mind is, back in the beginning before the fall and this is the mind that is in us, seeing what is not possible, delivered from the lie of nakedness. The Life that came out of God has a mind, Amen (Dave S) source
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quotes[7]='that is the great thing about the shack, it is not a place to come to be "taught" but rather where the life of christ in each of us is "caught" as we share with each other what God is doing in our lives (mcdave) source
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quotes[8]='Anyway, what came on as a light bulb to me during the discussion is that the Bible\'s purpose isn\'t to validate my opinion, but is a testimony of Christ. (Joyce) source
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quotes[9]='And finally, Here is to being HIS Beloved Paradox - as we continue to speak with HIS speechless love! (Peter) source
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quotes[10]='And he said unto them, The Shack was made for man, and not man for the Shack: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the Shack." (Jmh 2:23-28) (the shovel) source
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quotes[11]='He said, "You are only going to get in by the skin of your teeth!" To which I said, "No, I am getting in by the blood of Jesus." Even a trial lawyer can\'t have a rebuttal for that. And that\'s how it is for ALL of us. (Joyce) source
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quotes[12]='The true day of freedom came for me when I realized that I was not only all wrong but that was exactly what I was supposed to be! (busman) source
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quotes[13]='The continued perception of sin itself is brought about by this same awareness of good and evil, to include the concept of lawlessness. To assume that without a law sin would reign is the law\'s self-defense mechanism. It preserves itself through fear. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[14]='The mind of Christ is our renewed mind just as Jesus Christ is our new life. We have received everything that is necessary for this Life that we live in Christ, or rather that He lives through us. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[15]='I used to find it awkward when someone would ask me, "So where do you go to church?" Now I try to answer simply that one can\'t "go" to something that he\'s part of. (Dave Aldrich) source
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quotes[16]='Cause now that I\'ve tasted my FREEDOM, I will FIGHT to always stand in it. (dave) source
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quotes[17]='...before in ministry, I always felt like my words were "heavy" when talking with people. Now, I felt like my words were words of Life!!! (dave) source
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quotes[18]='IN Christ, there is NO division, there is NO comparison, there is NO lack of obedience! (dave) source
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quotes[19]='What is critical to our growth is the FACT that Jesus Christ is OUR life and He will finish what He has begun...He is faithful...His seed is within us and He will water, nurture and grow us up. (graceman) source
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quotes[20]='But Jesus is reaffirming you over and over until you see that that old thing is dead! (Connie) source
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quotes[21]='Jesus Christ is the Entire Sacrificial System......He is the "Works!" (Tripp) source
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quotes[22]='It now all seems like I was replacing the REAL life with a copycat. (BobB) source
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quotes[23]='It\'s all too wonderful to walk so lightly! (BobB) source
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quotes[24]='God isn\'t a Bible thumper, but someone who sends birthday cards. (Joyce) source
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quotes[25]='Truth be told, I was very sincere in trying to attain what Christ already made me. (dave) source
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quotes[26]='There is no higher level of Grace that can be attained to than to be inside of God. (Rest and Trust) source
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quotes[27]='Yeah, self-righteousness is sinnerhood on steroids!! (the shovel) source
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quotes[28]='..as God is conforming us away from the rules and into grace...how ever the hell He does that! (luvin) source
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quotes[29]='Where did you get the idea that there is a Life-map? Is it possible that as much as you claim to have rejected the heresies you have encountered, that you are instead influenced by them, as much as we were/are, simply because they appealed to our flesh and its ability to understand? (BrokenLink) source
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quotes[30]='A person who believes that they are a sinner, no matter how much they are reassured that their sins are forgiven, will continue to act like a sinner. A person who believes that they are a son or daughter of God and that their relationship with God is unassailable, will act out of the confidence of that belief. (BrokenLink) source
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quotes[31]='I have to say that this self sense is particularly helpful in relating to others! His power for me is the same for them and I can rest in this knowing I don\'t have to be a goody two shoes to have the relationship go smoothly. (Connie) source
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quotes[32]='Religion has projected so much crap on our magnificent God and Father and many stand in fear of the lie. (the shovel) source
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quotes[33]='You know, if I did something horrific tomorrow and had to deal with the consequences, they wouldn\'t be near as difficult to deal with in Christ as they would be being a citizen of this legalistic world. That\'s another subject altogether. (Connie) source
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quotes[34]='How does the law of God even make sense if Christ lives in you?? And if you believe that somehow you are "letting" Christ live through you, this is just a sneeky way of still living under the law. (dave) source
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quotes[35]='Because the thing that you think you can please God with is ENMITY to God and can NEVER please Him. (dave) source
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quotes[36]='...the fact that you want to please God did not come from yourself but from Him who lives within you. (dave) source
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quotes[37]='God simply is working in you to purge you from the deep inner insecurities that YOU have to do something to be worthy of these great blessings and bountys. (luvin) source
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quotes[38]='This would be so true if our absolute best could compare to the glory of God. But since it can\'t, our absolute best is dead and His absolute "best" is resurrected with understanding. (Dave S) source
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quotes[39]='Others see the real message that has been cloaked and they come to realize that God has done this on purpose, so the manifestation of His mighty eye opening power becomes our reality, NOT dependance on human wisdom or understanding. (BobB) source
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quotes[40]='After we get over any hangups we have with the I.C, it truly becomes dead in our spiritual evolution, and we see that Life was at work in that death! (BobB) source
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quotes[41]='It\'s a scary thing realizing you are walking in 2 different gospels...especially when you THINK its up to YOU to believe the "right thing" (luvin) source
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quotes[42]='Our proximity to God might be compared to our proximity to the air we breathe. (Rest and Trust) source
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quotes[43]='Our reliance on other\'s opinions will often cause confusion but the Holy Spirit doesn\'t cause confusion. (evelina) source
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quotes[44]='Its amazing what freedom there is in life without any self-condemnation or condemnation towards others and knowing that there is no condemnation from God. (Rest and Trust) source
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quotes[45]='but in Jesus i/WE fit into everything, everything NEW! (Meph55) source
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quotes[46]='The natural mind is never put to death by the knowledge of the cross, it remains analytical of the cross. But the power of the cross is altogether the end of analysis. (Dave S) source
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quotes[47]='Live as one who is truly free and alive, for that is what you are. The rest will take care of itself. (the shovel) source
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quotes[48]='The very lie of the devil is to convince us that the spirit of Christ has not set us free, and that it is US who should be governing, not Him. We side with the devil by denying the all consuming power of Christ within us. (BobB) source
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quotes[49]='Remember christ is uniquely wrapped in you. (Anchor) source
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quotes[50]='I am satisfied with Christ, not with how much he expresses himself through me, or how much of him others find in what I say and do. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[51]='I believe that the primary emphasis of \'spiritual warfare\' is to bring into question the effectiveness of the once and for all work of Jesus Christ for us and everyone else...yup, that takes place in the mind. (graceman) source
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quotes[52]='His rivers of living water flow out of me and however others see that is not my doing anymore. (evelina) source
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quotes[53]='But I did always know that it is the faith of Jesus Christ, (as well as the joy of the Lord, the peace of God, the righteousness of Christ, the armour of God, the love of the Lord, the hope of God, etc., etc.). Everything of Him. (libertybelle) source
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quotes[54]='..what a relief to know him more rather than doctrines and threats to live a holy life instead of being told WE HAVE A HOLY LIFE: JESUS! (Meph55) source
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quotes[55]='The fear of enduring no longer lives in me. Endurance whom is the gift of God by grace now lives in me. (Dave S) source
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quotes[56]='It wasn\'t until after I came to this forum that I realized the truth of this verse. I am born of God and I cannot sin, because in Him, there is no sin! It was like a thunderbolt went off when I got that revelation! The issue of sin, however you define it, has been done away with -- he nailed it to the cross. (Valerie) source
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quotes[57]='Ironically, when I think I understand my sins so as to describe them well is to be caught up in the demand of that condemning voice. When I truly see sin for what it is I see it according to its true futility and deadness; and in seeing its deadness I have seen my true life. (the shovel) source
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quotes[58]='I don\'t need the YEARLY reminder, because my EVERYdAY life now has that sense within me of how His resurrection has changed things and has brought the peace and rest from the old ways of thinking about things. (Joyce) source
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quotes[59]='Neither you, nor I are bound by standards set by the traditions of men...We can live FREE!! (Anchor) source
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quotes[60]='In Him we are not lacking at all or deficient in Faith, we are completely complete! Thank God! He\'s given us everything we need. (evelina) source
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quotes[61]='I thank God for all of you and His love and grace being rooted in your hearts. (daniel) source
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quotes[62]='If the veil is rent, if we really are positioned in the heavenlies in Christ, able to boldly go before the throne as beloved children of the King, made to be one in spirit with him, why do we continually beg HIM for an audience? (Broken Link) source
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quotes[63]='Prayer is not a discourse. It is a form of life, the life with God. That is why it is not confined to the moment of verbal statement. (Tripp) source
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quotes[64]='As long as Christ is in view, I know everything\'s perfect, no matter what I\'m feeling. (Libertybelle) source
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quotes[65]='The expectation of the flesh is that true spirituality will take on a form of behavior that the flesh finds acceptable (Broken Link) source
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quotes[66]='Freedom is the fulness of nothing more needed to gain. (mcdave) source
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quotes[67]='Hmmm....now that I think it, perhaps being reconciled to God in Christ, is being reconciled to ourselves, the TRUE self that is. (mary) source
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quotes[68]='its just a BEHAVIOR managment system. In my view anyway... (luvin) source
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quotes[69]='Instead of trying to \'link GOD up in the things of life\', just remember that HE is linked with You and You with Him and you can do as you are so compelled and interested and able. It doesn\'t change your \'linkage\', if you know what I mean. (Dignz) source
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quotes[70]='If the Life of GOD indeed continues His work in us in teaching us and others what He so desires along this journey, which I believe is teaching us more of Himself in the midst of all of it, then how can anything we experience be truly considered unprofitable? It will very much feel and appear unprofitable to us and to observers, but ... we know this is not true from the viewpoint of Him Who Is our Life. (Dignz) source
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quotes[71]='The parting of the waves is a miracle, but rather intimidating when we feel loss is just around the corner or even at our very door. A season of our apparent drowning comes as we emerge. In the midst of whatever, WE EMERGE (Dave S) source
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quotes[72]='I am thinking it is more like, the \'thing\' is not the Life we do, but WE are the Life in the thing we do. The thing is the thing. We are the Life in the thing we do. (dignz) source
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quotes[73]='Through my experience He has blessed me with a tremendous weakness... I call it Jesus Autism. I\'m stuck on Him. (chickenlips) source
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quotes[74]='Amen! I thank God that He showed me His Grace apart from the church and apart from the written word of God (the two things that man puts so much confidence in). He showed me Himself through the revelation of Christ within me...which no man taught me. (dave) source
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quotes[75]='It doesn\'t make it less complete, I am just growing in the revelation and experience of that which was already completed. (Chickenlips) source
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quotes[76]='imagine a couple that was divorced and then got remarried. What if all they talked about was the period of thier divorce? Think of all the things they would miss out on by reliving the pain of thier divorce era. But don\'t we do the same thing with God as we speak to the old man that was once divorced from God and relate to God as if there is still this seperation? (Buddy) source
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quotes[77]='I am not chosen to be a better person or have a better situation, temporally or eternally, I have been chosen to be a minister of this grace. Success isn\'t a result, but the condition of grace being ministered. (BrokenLink) source
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quotes[78]='And not based on agreement of doctrine, or any other superficial man-made criteria, but on a Witness from within. (Joyce) source
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quotes[79]='I more and more find my focus (my yearning) on His love from His life in me...which reveals the joy and reality (and love!) of being one with Him. (Tommy Gregg) source
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quotes[80]='I\'m taking a break from the intensity of my own perceptions! (Mary) source
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quotes[81]='Does the religious institution that makes the claim that "they represent God" and yet offers a knowledge/teaching/doctrine of how to live from "self" and/or only focus on the self or the "sinful-flesh" actually represent God? (Rest&Trust) source
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quotes[82]='Habits are hard to break, but rules are broken frequently. (Judy) source
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quotes[83]='I also realized that the Law is the only source of negative thoughts in my thinking anymore now as one who lives in Him (luvin) source
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quotes[84]='Christ is the end of needing to understand everything we do say and hear. (BobB) source
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quotes[85]='I\'ve heard it said that that is one of the problems in the ic. They are answering questions that no one is asking. (Joyce) source
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quotes[86]='What I\'m saying is that even though the natural mind cannot understand the mind of God its elemental understanding is a rules-based (aka, principle-based or concept-based) mimic of God. (the shovel) source
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quotes[87]='Yes, yes, we almost think the decisions we make are eternal and that we will carry them into the eternals. When freedom reigns it is eternal, so there is actually no big deal on decision making. What can seperate us from the Love of God? (DaveS) source
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quotes[88]='So, again, to me, this idea of perfect becomes more one of being acceptable rather than being flawless or without error. If it was about living without mistakes, that would continue to leave lots of room for judgment and condemnation. (BrokenLink) source
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quotes[89]='Prayer is an admittance that we need outside help, but all the help we need is INSIDE. We just need permission from ourselves to change the things we want changed. That has been granted, with total freedom, in Christ. What we desire and what we are given will always be tested by the stuff of life and we are free to change once again if old desires do not line up with new ones. I don\'t moralize my desires because they are so intricately threaded with the Spirit given to me. (BobB) source
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quotes[90]='Does the existence of a religious system which is nothing more than an effort to birth Christ by the flesh have anything to do with the fact that His body has been birthed by the Spirit? (RRaider) source
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quotes[91]='because God will NEVER think badly of me. so why should i? (rickh) source
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quotes[92]='I am confident that Christ is the head of this body and that it is at work in all of us who believe, young in faith or mature. I am confident that those who micro manage their sin will remain in it. Those who forsake the very thought of it and answer the call of love have already fulfilled any real or imagined law. (BobB) source
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quotes[93]='i thank god we no longer \'have to live life in christ\' ~ as this thing or responsibility or chore or job or effort to \'do\', but that he IS our Life and Lives in us! :) he is true to himself and his life and he lives and we live in him and he in us and we are one together. (Dignz) source
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quotes[94]='Either way His Life in me is all that I am and no amount of favour in this world will ever be more valuable than what is written on my heart! (luvin) source
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quotes[95]='he can show us kindness and generosity and provide help for us through any thing and any one any time. sometimes it comes from the most unexpected places and people, and sometimes it comes as no big surprise, and sometimes it comes from \'religious\' do gooders with ulterior motives and/or a lot of \'fear\' if they don\'t. (Dignz) source
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quotes[96]='about decision making, I try to utilize wisdom, love, common sense, etc. and make the best decision I can KNOWING that I cannot go anywhere that HE in ME is not and when the decision is not up to me, other people\'s decisions and actions cannot take me where HE IN ME is not either (ShannonC) source
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quotes[97]='Isn\'t it wonderful that living the gospel is impossible; then, when we see it being lived out, we instantly know the source, huh? (dlinn94) source
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quotes[98]='I am beginning to understand that faith is something God hath wrought in our hearts to give us the "assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen". It\'s a miracle that we believe the Word - Jesus. (Tim P) source
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quotes[99]='In other words the need for fruit inspection is NOT the occupation of the branches or even the Vine..but the Vine Dresser. (luvin) source
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quotes[100]='We want more of the real thing and start looking for it and seeing it happening right under our own noses (Connie) source
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quotes[101]='Man, no matter how hard one tries, he can\'t hear anything here except freedom and liberty in the LORD and encouragement to stand in it! (Tim P) source
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quotes[102]='it is like failing at PLAN A, B, C, D, E - Z and then scratching your head and trying to come up with something else. It is when you accept that ALL THE PLANS are going to fail, that you rest. (ShannonC) source
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quotes[103]='What Jesus does within us, we do as well. And what we do within ourselves, Jesus does. This is just another example that who we truly are is not positional, or theoretical, but real and actual. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[104]='"Satan is the accuser." Everything condemnable in us (all the way back to to Adam) has been nailed to the cross of Jesus Christ. (Rest and Trust) source
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quotes[105]='Adam attached himself to perceptions other than God\'s, repentence is simply to detach. (Dave S) source
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quotes[106]='i think mostly i just want to remind us that we ARE the difference in the world because christ is the difference in us and he works his will in and through us no matter what we may be looking for or expecting or hoping for it to look like, feel like, etc. (dignz) source
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quotes[107]='Don\'t forget that the mind of the world is always trying to tell you how and what to think. Setting your mind on things above where Christ is seated is not a mental exercise, it is a release from all the mental gymnastics thrown at you all day long. (the shovel) source
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quotes[108]='but that is not how we learned christ. we are no longer under law, but grace. love is the fulfilment of law. love is god in christ jesus and we are hidden with god in christ jesus. we no longer look to law as our \'guide\' or our \'discipline\' to be holy, righteous and good. it has been provided ... built-in as it were ... in the new that we are in him. grace is far more than we think or allow ourselves to admit sometimes. (Dignz) source
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quotes[109]='And it is indeed interesting that Paul uses that phrase "stand firm." It tells me to just stay where I am. No need to move or do anything myself. It reminds me of the scripture to "Stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord." (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[110]='\'trusting\' is also in the nature of the life within. the life of christ within DOES trust god. it can not not. a lot of insecurity is created and perpetuated in the religious mind that insists it has the power to conjure and produce that which only comes from the miraculous life found in and from god in christ jesus. (Dignz) source
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quotes[111]='It\'s not the loooooooonging to connect to Him and to reach Him, it\'s knowing that you are! It\'s not reaching for an experience, but knowing that all of Him lives within you! (Mary) source
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quotes[112]='I myself used to think of myself as very spiritual because I loved talking about God and expected everyone else to and if they didn\'t I doubted their relationship with Him, I was judging by appearances and actions. Judging by what I saw which is temporal and not realizing the unseen eternal spiritual relationship in which God saw them no matter what their personality. (evelina) source
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quotes[113]='i am thankful that our \'spiritual\' is all the spirit of god himself and that he is perfectly faithful to all that is required of him in us. there is such confidence and peace in this. (Dignz) source
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quotes[114]='the truth is that religion and worldly wisdom are what limit and squelch personality. the personality of god is uniquely and wonderfully expressed through any one at any time he so chooses to be expressed through and by. our/his unique and individual ways of \'expressing\' or expression are not lost in this union, but are given wings to soar, being freed from the cages and chains that have bound them. it is an \'i am at home in this One.\' there is that \'i am\' again. (Dignz) source
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quotes[115]='CHRIST is forgiveness AND NOT as the world forgives (Dave S) source
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quotes[116]='What we really need AND what is expected by us, is fulfilled by our Father in Christ Jesus. (Dave S) source
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quotes[117]='God teaches us in the midst of all these life experiences ... revealing our delusions and showing the illusions for what they are, leaving us with the realization of I AM in and through it all. (Dignz) source
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quotes[118]='And God lets us have our way, till we\'re exhausted and come back to Him. (Rudolf) source
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quotes[119]='Unfortunately too many think of it the other way around, as though God reveals something to us, then we act on it, then it becomes reality. I can no longer buy into that. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[120]='The difference is between presenting yourself as who you already are by believing it, as opposed to trying to make yourself into what you should be, but aren\'t yet. I personally believe the first is God\'s thought, the second is man\'s. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[121]='Knowing this truth gives me so much more comfort and hope than trying to live up to something that my efforts, even my mind keeps me in or pushes me out. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[122]='moments remain moments, not monuments. (meek) source
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quotes[123]='If you give the sin garbage validation, it will be real to you, but never, ever, ever, ever to God. He, God, sees a believer as he sees His Son, Christ. Period. (rickh) source
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quotes[124]='Layers upon layers are purposely put in front of our thoughts and ears that keep us from enjoying who we are in and to God. Yet with all these layers, barriers, hoops, flesh, games, manipulations and bullshit lies, the children still cry out; "ABBA FATHER!!" (luvin) source
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quotes[125]='To me, when we know WHO WE ARE we have no NEED to meet others\' expectations because we are content in the LOVE of the FATHER. Now practically, I don\'t always FEEL that way, but it is true NONETHELESS. (Shannon C) source
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quotes[126]='Realizing this gut-wrenching, core level mindset and realizing that this is one of the reasons Jesus became our life, and that he presents me to the Father as valuable, a treasure of great worth, has freed me from falling into that trap of a mindset that tells me I NEED to be right. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[127]='There are so many voices that say in so many ways, "Yes, God is sufficient and will supply. But not NOW. You are not ready." What a lie!!! I am His and there is NEVER a time that I cannot trust Him, that I need to wait until He does more work in me. No. Christ Jesus IS the Life NOW. What freedom to not have to be afraid of circumstances and to not have to be afraid of ME. (iz2c) source
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quotes[128]='The way I see it, regarding the idea of missing the mark is this: Jesus took the bow, shot a bullseye, wrote our name on the scorecard, and broke the bow and arrows, and carries around the target for all to see. Hard to miss the mark if there is nothing to shoot with. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[129]='We don\'t live by faith because we discover how to do it, we live by faith because we are the righteous in Christ. (the shovel) source
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quotes[130]='It\'s cool to know that we can be thankful all the time!!! Not because it\'s some sort of obligation but because his heart rejoices in us due to the truth. That nothing can separate us from him, that everything is finished, and that we posses his very life. (realrestisbest) source
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quotes[131]='It\'s so darn simple it takes a theologian to goof it up. (jiggyfly) source
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quotes[132]='Jesus is Lord and there\'s nothing you can do about it! (jiggyfly) source
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quotes[133]='... if He is our life and WE KNOW that is the TRUTH then HE is our life ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME, ALL THE TIME, even when our circumstances seem crappy and we feel like failures and disapointments - HE STILL IS MY LIFE. (ShannonC) source
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quotes[134]='The truth of the matter is that He did it ALL for us. The obedience to God, the perfect life, the clean conscience are all embodied in Him and presented to us as the gift of God\'s grace. The righteousness of Christ presented to us, in order to become our righteousness so that we might indeed be considered worthy to be called sons of God. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[135]='It\'s a realm where He meets our needs, and blesses our lives, where "worldly" positions and powers are not where our resources lie, where we don\'t fear the future because we live in His Life and Hope day by day! (mary) source
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quotes[136]='So believing is not some work we do in order to work God\'s works, belief is the response given from the miraculous work of God in the heart of those He is working in. (gregoryfl) source
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quotes[137]='It\'s not who you are and when you decide that you\'ve had enough of its damnable lying, you will get tired of it and throw it away like garbage. (Connie) source
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quotes[138]='Welcome to the ministry of truth ... where the C.E.O is Truth (Dave S) source
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quotes[139]='For do not be deceived, we live Holy unto God, as a Son..perfect. Only it is perceived in the mind of Christ that is you and lives in you. It is your ears "that hear" that recognize this very thing. (luvin) source
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quotes[140]='..... Revelation isn\'t through words, His Spirit is the revealer in our souls. (nyagali) source
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quotes[141]='In any case, the Truth is that we were not called to replace worldly rules with religious rules ... we were called to replace ALL the rules with Him! (gene) source
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quotes[142]='for instance, when we use the word \'gospel\' we are speaking of the gospel of CHRIST. when we speak of \'grace\' we are speaking of the grace of CHRIST. when we speak of our \'identity\' - the \'new\' that we are, we speak of CHRIST WHO has made it so. (dignz) source
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quotes[143]='we might just find/discover that the faith/belief we lost was not really faith to begin with. or maybe what we find or discover is indeed the miraculous faith that was there all along and was not the striving and determination that we once were so sure it was (dignz) source
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quotes[144]='...the former things have been stripped away and the realization has become clearer as to just where and when and how we have been standing in The Way all along (luvin) source
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quotes[145]='All I know is that if God is real, Christ is the One. That\'s the one belief I really have left in this confusing ass brain of mine. (anothr14thefire) source
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quotes[146]='We never did anything other than dance, only the illusion made it seem as if we were not dancing and therefore tempted us to "participate". But why be tempted to participate in something that we are already a participator OF. (Dave S) source
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quotes[147]='Is the Law "evil", no..could it be said that the law applied to me as one who is ALIVE from the dead "evil"?...I think there is a great argument for that. (luvin) source
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quotes[148]='and wouldn\'t the religious mind like to take a pen and paper and attempt to "judge" and ear mark every little deed, act or any other "spiritual" proof that He lives within us? (luvin) source
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quotes[149]='If it\'s written in the Bible, it\'s written on my heart. (rickh) source
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quotes[150]='I have found that the more I seek identity the less I find it. Accepting yourself for who you are today is a critical thing. That is the beauty of Christ, he is the ultimate acceptor and in that truth we find the freedom to be who we are. (Buddy) source
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quotes[151]='Control and freedom do oppose one another unless we think of the two in terms of Christ. (meek) source
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quotes[152]='in him there is only freedom and love and everything we think we are missing...we have been taught well to listen to the lies from the liar (Dignz) source
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quotes[153]='but of course, really ... christ is the END of BLAME for us! (Dignz) source
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quotes[154]='i thank god that all that is true about us in him is totally and completely dependent upon him who is spirit, love, faith, and all that he has made us in him, and NOT dependent upon our experiences. (Dignz) source
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quotes[155]='I, being responsible in some areas, and totally irresponsible in others, died. (Dave S) source
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quotes[156]='i think that what we grapple with are the lies that challenge and demand what the \'hearers\' and \obedient-ones\' are supposed to look like, act like, etc. to satisfy the demands and expectations of the religious ones and the deceived ones in the world who may or may not even be the hearers and obedient ones. (Dignz) source
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quotes[157]='When Christ came I found I never did, nor do I now, nor ever will, lack anything. But hey!! who wants to hear that reality, when lacking suitably fits in with the reality of this world? (Dave S) source
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quotes[158]='I think this is a dangerous thought but I will say it --- He is responsible for courting me and loving me and making me fall in love with HIM!!! (ShannonC) source
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quotes[159]='Weakness is the image in the mirror that the world sees of our righteousness!! (ShannonC) source
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quotes[160]='A new creation cannot cease to be new, and so regardless of the hopelessness that those around me may feel with regard to THIS world, I am thankful to be reminded of what my identity is, and where my inheritance lies (it is NOTHING related to the things of this planet). (Mary) source
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quotes[161]='And how true freedom in Christ is not coming under someone else\'s laws and standards and being subjected to being treated any ole kind of way. It\'s freeing to know that God never intended "love" to be that way. (realrestisbest) source
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quotes[162]='Even when Paul became a slave to everyone it was as a FREE MAN!! What a paradox eh.. (realrestisbest) source
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quotes[163]='It is more comforting and freeing to know that my freedom is not dependent upon what I do or how I feel. It is only then that I can act and feel freely, even though I may not. (Tim P) source
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quotes[164]='Freedom is being free. By definition it is without a limitation. In other words, you can\'t define freedom by the size of a cage, freedom is the lack of a cage. (BrokenLink) source
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quotes[165]='It is this freedom that allows us to see that choices are just choices. Every choice has consequences, but none of those consequences are separation from God, whether now or in the future, because of what Jesus has done for us. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[166]='I think religion, with all it\'s rules, traditions, and behavior modifications has done it\'s \'abundant\' share of complicating things, when all Jesus said was "believe". (Mary) source
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quotes[167]='Isn\'t it true then that the heart of religion is unbelief? (Mary) source
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quotes[168]='what was \'enough\'? i never knew. it was without measure, really. it was just supposed to be a forever constantly seeking thing to attain the always elusive attainments of god with religious fleshly wisdom, not knowing that is what it was. (Dignz) source
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quotes[169]='my life according to MY eyes, ears, and mouth is a false image that doesn\'t define who I am or what my world is. (anothr14thefire) source
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quotes[170]='Identity answers the question of who you are. Who we are is because of Christ, not because of our own ability to act christ-like but because he lives in us (Broken Link) source
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quotes[171]='i don\'t think there\'s such thing as boredom in God. i think boredom is a byproduct of a world devoid of life (anothr14thefire) source
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quotes[172]='Isn\'t it great to know that Christ has already mastered, mixed, and normalized our song so we no longer have to make all these scrupulous adjustments? HE did the works so we could finally sing it without the nagging uncertainty of "does it sound good enough? (anothr14thefire) source
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quotes[173]='Christians are like magicians, they need to say their little abra-cadabras in order for them to keep their faith alive. If people have to keep their faith alive, it only means that they\'re vainly attempting to resuscitate the dead. But you and I have a faith that is just as alive as we are, as He is. (anothr14thefire) source
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quotes[174]='In fact, Christ as our identity doesn\'t subvert our personality--how we think or feel or act--but our identity imparts meaning to what we do, because of who we are. And our identity helps us to perceive our personality in an objective way that before was entirely subjective and self-serving. (Broken Link) source
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quotes[175]='Logic and ignorance do not make for good bedfellows and yet when it is recognised that both are crucified, there is CHRIST, who is Wisdom. CHRIST, the answer, without the question. (Dave S) source
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quotes[176]='Religion has taught us to view Christ\'s victory in light of God\'s judgment. This is what enslaves man to self-effort, condemnation, domination, and a host of other fleshly endeavors. I am so thankful it is the other way around in God\'s eyes. Truly, God\'s judgment is viewed in light of Christ\'s victory. (gregoryfl) source
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