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The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work QUOTES

1 " Disciples of Jesus do not mimic Jesus; we manifest him. We are personators of Christ, not impersonators. Christ’s presence in our lives is more “thereness” than “likeness,” more “withness” than “whatness.” Jesus made our creation in the imago Dei more “spit” than “image” (as in “spit ‘n’ image”). "

― Leonard Sweet , The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work

2 " We don’t need to travel to find Christ. Christ has already traveled to find us. God is not the one whose back is turned. It is we who, for whatever reason, get our backs up or don’t turn back to God. "

― Leonard Sweet , The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work

3 " To please God, to be pleasing to God, is to “walk with Light,” to walk with God in joy, praise, holiness, and humility as image-bearers of the Light. "

― Leonard Sweet , The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work

4 " If work really were such a good thing, then the rich would surely have found a way to keep it for themselves. HAITIAN PROVERB "

― Leonard Sweet , The Well-Played Life: Why Pleasing God Doesn't Have to Be Such Hard Work