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Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say QUOTES

1 " Failure is an event, never a person. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

2 " I think God eventually changed my heart simply because I clung to my desire for Him, even though I wasn't sure how to follow through on that desire. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

3 " Whatever's on your mind is also on God's heart. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

4 " Reality ground my expectations into microscopic particles. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

5 " When we front a fiction, we are destined for loneliness. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

6 " The simplest definition of prayer is communicating with God. That's it. Did you miss it? Let me say it again. Prayer is simply communicating with God. That one uncomplicated thought began to revolutionize my whole prayer life. What is communication? It's transferring a thought, feeling, emotion, or idea to another person. So prayer is giving God my thoughts, feelings, emotions, and ideas, by whatever means works. It doesn't have to be formal. It doesn't have to be long and dry. It's simply communicating. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

7 " Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

8 " When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world? "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

9 " Bad decisions can pile up to make a wall between you and what God wants you to do. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

10 " If we take a risk, we might not succeed, but if we avoid all risk, we guarantee we won't succeed, and we miss so much of what God wants us to learn. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

11 " Someone said that if you're lonely at the top, it's because you didn't take anyone with you. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

12 " Endurance is critical if you want to succeed spectacularly at anything God sets before you. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

13 " If you've messed up big - like me, like Isaiah - congratulations! You're at the top of God's talent-scouting list. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

14 " From the outside, everything looked good. But God doesn't look at the outside. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

15 " Be who God called you to be. Live for the an audience of ONE. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

16 " For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple:

Rule #1: You're only allowed to think of worst-case scenarios.

Rule #2: You're never allowed to win this game. You can only lose.

Rule #3: The more you play, the greater your losses. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

17 " Rather than complaining about inconsequential little irritations, I'm asking God to get right to the root of the problem, to eradicate the dry rot and fix the cracks in my foundation. I need Him to show me how to love Him and how to love His people. Even the ones I don't like - even myself. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

18 " When I ask God to change my actions, that honesty about my own inconsistent behaviors forces me not to be so hard on other believers. Humble acknowledgment of the plank in my own eye gives me more patience with the specks in everyone else's (see Matthew 7:1-5). Instead of pointing the finger at others, let's allow God to examine us. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

19 " He taught me that I could be a thinking person and still believe that God's word can stand the test of time and criticism of man, that science confirms Scripture, and that you don't have to duck hard questions. I learned that I didn't have to defensively protect God or His Word, but that I could truth both. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say

20 " The road to committed faith is paved with personal abandonment and self-denial. Life ceases to be about us, and it begins to be all about God. "

― Craig Groeschel , Dare to Drop the Pose: Ten Things Christians Think but Are Afraid to Say