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Ours is a society where people know the price
of everything, but the value of nothing where
people have a great deal to live on, but very
little to live for. Randy Alcorn
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Riches and abundance come hypocritically clad
in sheeps clothing pretending to be security
against anxieties and they then become the very
object of those anxieties. Soren Kierkegaard
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Make as much as you can, save as much as you
can, and give as much as you can. John Wesley
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The lust for affluence in contemporary society
is psychotic. It is time we awaken to the fact
that conformity to a sick society is to be
sick. Richard Foster
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All of us die. Yet, not all of us live.
Gary Buffone, Psychologist
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The history of North American evangelicalism is
a history of supporting the middle class values
of American culture. There was no appeal to
abandon most of the standards of the respectable
middle class way of life. It was to those
standards that people were called. George
Marsden, Christian Historian
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Money never stays with me. It would burn me if
it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as
possible, lest it should find its way within my
heart. John Wesley
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Vision without action remains only a
daydream. Dr. Gary Buffone, Psychologist
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Western Christians buy into middle class
aspirations such as consumerism, individualism,
careerism, and security. Mike Rddell
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Far from challenging the growing individualism
and consumerism of modern culture, many churches
have bought into it. Christine Sine
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Simplicity is the only thing that sufficiently
reorients our lives so that possessions can be
genuinely enjoyed without destroying us.
Richard J. Foster
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The abundance to which Jesus pointed was
explicitly not the abundance of possessions. It
was the abundance of the restored relationship,
the God-relationship. It was the freedom to
enjoy the community the giving-and-receiving
relationship with one another for which we were
created. William Gibson
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We can only be healthy human beings to the
extent that we invest time in building
significant relationships and connecting to
supportive communities. We can only be vital
Christians to the extent that we are in
communities where we are known, loved, and held
accountable. Christine Sine
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Only a life lived for others is a life
worthwhile. Albert Einstein
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Measure wealth not by the things you have, but
by the things you have that you would not take
money for. Russ Crosson
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More and more of us seem to be seeking to meet
our needs for intimacy and community through the
things we buy, but it isnt working. Paul
Wachtel, Psychologist
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We need to become more concerned about raising
the standard of loving instead of the standard of
living. Vera Shaw
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There is no such thing as private lifestyle
choices. We do indeed live in an interdependent
interconnected world in which our decisions
impact the lives of people half a world away.
Christine Sine
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Evangelism used to be about helping people to
believe so they could belong. Now it is more
about helping people to belong so they can
believe. I think this is the way it was always
meant to be. George Hunter, The Celtic Way Of
Evangelism
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There is no such thing as a solitary Christian,
an isolated disciple in the Gospels. To respond
to the call of Jesus is to embark on a journey
with others. Athol Gill
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It seems clear from his actions that Jesus did
not want his message of love primarily passed on
through a book, but through a community.
Bruxy Cavey
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What kind of a guy would quote himself in a
Sunday service sheesh. Anonymous
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"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he
asked.  Then he looked at those seated in a
circle around him and said, "Here are my mother
and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my
brother and sister and mother." Mark 331-35
(TNIV)
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Cultural Hijacking The process of allowing
our societys dominant traits and values to
determine our destination.
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TRANSCENDENT VISION    Our Sense Of
Mission DEATH AS MOTIVATION   Our Daily Weekly
Lifestyle Routines ACCOUNTABLE COMMUNITY
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This will be a sign to you You will find a
baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.
The Angels to the Shepherds, Luke 212 (TNIV)
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The man who finds a wife finds a treasure and
receives favour from the LORD. Proverbs 1822
(NLT)
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Children are a gift from the LORD they are a
reward from him. Children born to a young man
are like sharp arrows in a warriors hands. How
happy is the man whose quiver is full of them!
Psalm 1273-5 (NLT)
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Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived. Standing
outside, they sent someone in to call him. A
crowd was sitting around him, and they told him,
"Your mother and brothers are outside looking for
you. (Continued)
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"Who are my mother and my brothers?" he
asked.  Then he looked at those seated in a
circle around him and said, "Here are my mother
and my brothers! Whoever does God's will is my
brother and sister and mother." Mark 331-35
(TNIV)
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"Truly I tell you," Jesus said to them, "no one
who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters
or parents or children for the sake of the
kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as
much in this age, and in the age to come eternal
life." Luke 1829-30 (TNIV)
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During those days another large crowd gathered.
Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for
these people they have already been with me
three days and have nothing to eat. If I send
them home hungry, they will collapse on the way,
because some of them have come a long
distance." Mark 81-3 (TNIV)
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So in everything, do to others what you would
have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and
the Prophets. Matthew 712 (TNIV)
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You must each make up your own mind as to how
much you should give. Dont give reluctantly or
in response to pressure. For God loves the
person who gives cheerfully. 2 Corinthians 97
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let us throw off everything that hinders
Hebrews 121 (TNIV)
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Stay away from the love of money be satisfied
with what you have. Hebrews 135 (NLT)
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