A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.
Cornelius PlantingaRecalling and confessing our sin is like taking out the garbage: once is not enough.
Cornelius PlantingaPatience is like good motor oil. It doesn't remove all the contaminants. It just puts them into suspension so they don't get into your works and seize them up. Patient people have, so to speak, a large crankcase. They can put a lot of irritants into suspension.
Cornelius PlantingaAt every stage, addiction is driven by one of the most powerful, mysterious, and vital forces of human existence. What drives addiction is longing--a longing not just of brain, belly, or loins but finally of the heart.
Cornelius PlantingaBecause they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all idolatries, addiction taps this vital spiritual force and draws off its energies to objects and processes that drain the addict instead of fulfilling him.
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