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“No one can become an authentic Christian on a steady diet of activity. Power comes out of stillness; strength comes out of solitude. Decisions that change the entire course of your life come out of the Holy of Holies, your times of stillness before God.” —Bill Hybels
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63 A psalm of David when he was hiding in the wilderness of Judea.
O God, my God! How I search for you! How I thirst for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. How I long to find you! 2 How I wish I could go into your sanctuary to see your strength and glory, 3 for your love and kindness are better to me than life itself. How I praise you! 4 I will bless you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. 5 At last I shall be fully satisfied; I will praise you with great joy.
6 I lie awake at night thinking of you— 7 of how much you have helped me—and how I rejoice through the night beneath the protecting shadow of your wings. 8 I follow close behind you, protected by your strong right arm. —Psalm 63:1-8 (TLB)
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13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 3:13-14 (NASB)
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13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. —1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB)
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5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, —2 Corinthians 10:5 (NASB)
25 But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life! —even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action. —James 1:25 (MSG)
6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. —2 John 6 (NASB)
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11 Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name —Psalm 86:11 (NASB)
11 For the value of wisdom is far above rubies; nothing can be compared with it. —Proverbs 8:11 (TLB)
4 Make me know Your ways, O Lord; Teach me Your paths.5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. —Psalm 25:4-5 (NASB)
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9 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. —Galatians 6:9 (NASB)
8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his [a]persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. —Luke 11:8 (NASB)