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    Henri J. M. Nouwen
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    Acts 17:26, Genesis 1:27, Romans 5:12, Romans 3:23
    Across all barriers of land and language, wealth and poverty, knowledge and ignorance, we are one, created from the same dust, subject to the same laws, and destined for the same end. With this compas...

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    Søren Kierkegaard
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    Romans 15:13, Hebrews 11:1, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 33:18, Romans 5:5
    Hope is passion for what is possible.

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    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    Matthew 25:40, Hebrews 12:1-2, Galatians 6:9, James 1:12, Romans 5:3-4, Amos 5:24
    Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated indi...

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    Gerald G. May
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    John 3:16, Romans 5:5, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 John 4:10
    The invitation of love is not a proposal for self-improvement or any other kind of achievement. Love is beyond success and failure, doing well or doing poorly.... Love is a gift.

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    George Müller
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    1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 12:11, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, Romans 5:3-5, James 1:2-4
    If we desire our faith to be strengthened, we should not shrink from opportunities where our faith may be tried, and therefore, through trial, be strengthened.

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    Brian Loritts
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    Romans 8:38-39, Luke 19:1-10, John 8:1-11, Titus 3:4-5, Ephesians 2:8-9, 1 John 4:10, Romans 5:8
    The question of performance-free love transcends ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status. “Am I forever loved for who I am? Is the background elevator music to our hearts.

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    Elisabeth Elliot
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    John 15:18-20, 1 Peter 2:21, Romans 5:3-4, Mark 15:16-24, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, James 1:2-4
    If we do anything to further the kingdom of God, we may expect to find what Christ found on that road - abuse, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, trouble of some kind. Take it. Why not? To tha...

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    L. J. Suenens
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    Hebrews 11:1, Romans 5:3-5, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 15:13, Isaiah 40:31, Proverbs 23:18, Psalm 33:22
    Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.

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    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    Romans 5:3-5, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 42:11, Jeremiah 29:11, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Romans 8:24-25, Isaiah 40:31
    We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

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    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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    John 16:33, Proverbs 24:10, 1 Peter 5:10, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Romans 5:3-5
    Of all the virtues we can learn, no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challeng...

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    Max Lucado
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    Ephesians 2:4-5, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 5:8, Psalm 40:2, Isaiah 61:1, Revelation 3:20, Matthew 11:28
    Let him into the mire and muck of our world. For only if we let him in can he pull us out.

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    Fredrick Langbridge
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    2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Hebrews 11:1, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 5:3-5, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 42:11, Philippians 4:8
    Because of this we have hope: Two men look out through the same bars One sees mud, one sees stars.

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    Romans 5:8, John 21:15-19, Jonah 3:4, Matthew 18:21-35, 2 Samuel 12:1-7, Romans 14:10-13, James 4:11-12
    Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

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    Charles F. Stanley
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    James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Isaiah 41:10, Psalm 34:19
    Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that...

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    Peter Wehner
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    Luke 23:39-43, Acts 9:1-9, Luke 15:11-32, John 8:1-11, Romans 5:20-21
    The greatest and most powerful Christian distinctive is not the exercise of power; it is the offer of grace.

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    Austin Fischer
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    1 John 3:23, Romans 5:5, Colossians 3:14, 1 John 4:18, Galatians 5:6, 1 Corinthians 13:13
    Faith is not the absence of doubt. Faith is the presence of love.

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    John Stott
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    John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32, Luke 10:25-37, Luke 19:1-10, Luke 2:1-20, Titus 3:4-5, Romans 5:6-8
    Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.

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    Nadia Bolz-Weber
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    Romans 5:15-17, Romans 11:6, 1 Corinthians 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Galatians 2:21, Ephesians 1:6-7, Ephesians 2:5-8
    God’s grace is not defined by our ability to be good. God’s grace is defined by God’s desire to be with us.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Romans 5:3-5, Micah 6:8, 2 Timothy 1:7, Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 1:17
    Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

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    Gayle Somers
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Ephesians 3:20-21, Romans 5:8, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 103:10-12
    All the cards in the deck of revelation about God’s mercy and kindness are stacked in favor of the unthinkable.

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    Marshall Shelley
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    John 1:4, Hosea 1:3, Luke 15:11-32, Romans 5:8, Psalm 23:1-6
    The goal in handling dragons is not to destroy them, not merely to disassociate, but to make them disciples. Even when that seems an unlikely prospect.

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    Rainer Maria Rilke
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    Psalm 23:4, Philippians 3:13-14, Lamentations 3:22-23, Isaiah 43:2, 2 Corinthians 4:16-17, Psalm 30:5, Romans 5:3-5
    Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

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    Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
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    John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Psalm 103:10-12, Ephesians 2:4-5, Romans 5:8, 1 John 1:8-9, Romans 3:23-24
    I am more sinful and flawed than I ever dared believe, more loved and welcomed than I ever dared hope.

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    Immanuel Kant
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    Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 5:8, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 51:5, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Romans 3:23
    Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.

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    Jonathan Sacks
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    Philippians 4:13, 1 Peter 1:3, Hebrews 10:23, Isaiah 40:31, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Psalm 27:14, Romans 5:3-5
    It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it takes a great deal of courage to have hope.

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    Brennan Manning
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    Ephesians 2:8-9, Isaiah 57:15, 1 Corinthians 1:26-29, Romans 5:8, Galatians 3:28, James 2:5, Matthew 11:28
    The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a far larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sin...

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    John D. Zizioulas
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    Romans 5:2-5, 1 Peter 1:3-4, Colossians 1:27, Romans 8:24-25, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 3:13-14
    [The Christian Faith] has its roots in the future and its branches in the present.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Romans 5:8, Psalm 103:10-12, Mark 11:25, Luke 6:37, 1 John 1:9
    To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.

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    Jürgen Moltmann
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    Romans 5:3-4, James 1:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Hebrews 11:1, 1 Peter 4:12-13
    Faith does not grow in spite of suffering, but through suffering, when hope learns to contradict reality.

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    Russian Toast
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    Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, James 1:2-4, Hebrews 12:1-2, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Isaiah 40:31
    Let us drink to the success of our hopeless cause.
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