Kelly Minter Quotes

#1. The harsh reality is that my flesh must die not so much because of what it does, but because of what it is.

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#2. It's much easier to blow our moral police horns on all those transgressors running around than it is to live penetrating lives of holiness.

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#3. Sometimes I shield myself from finding out what's really going on with people for fear I'll be held responsible. Because with information often comes responsibility; if we know, we might be required to do something

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#4. I think we would do much better as a whole if we focused more compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience than on how all the non-Christians are ruining society with their bad behavior and politics.

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#5. Legalism is when we try to obtain the result of obedience by our own means and strength. It is self-righteousness, as opposed to God's righteousness covering us, and the two are as different as spirit and flesh.

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#6. If you are loved less, he is the Great Provider. If you are loved more but are still hungry, he is the only One who can suffice.

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#7. Too often we profess God but look to everything else to function as him. Even perfectly good things. Things that in and of themselves are pure and right and gifts from God but have become a problem simply because of the placement they have in our lives.

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#8. God Himself met my needs, which freed me up from looking for "life" from people. I was free to serve, pray, and give in my relationships.

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#9. We do not turn from our false gods to become God's children. We turn from them because we are.

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#10. We all claimed God as our God, but we had been serving lesser things.

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#11. Satan will often tell us what is true, but will never tell us the truth.

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#12. What a person has is of no consequence, whether much or little, when it comes to the deep satisfaction of the soul. Apart from Christ, the rich and beautiful, and the poor and unlovely, will all end up in precisely the same misery.

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