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Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders. — Eugene H. Peterson

The church is the primary arena in which we learn that glory does not consist in what we do for God but in what God does for us. — Eugene H. Peterson

The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, "deny yourself" congregation. — Eugene H. Peterson

Waiting means going about our assigned tasks, confident that God will provide the meaning and the conclusions. — Eugene H. Peterson

Jesus is the descent of God to our lives, just as they are, not the ascent of our lives to God, hoping he might approve when he sees how hard we try. — Eugene H. Peterson

I am trying to teach my mind to bear the long, slow growth of the fields, and to sing of its passing while it waits.
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Jesus didn't debase the holy into the secular; He infused the secular with the holy. — Eugene H. Peterson

I want to develop discernments that say an unapologetic "no" to ways that violate the gospel of Jesus Christ. — Eugene H. Peterson

Intentions must mature into commitments if we are to become persons with definition, with character, with substance. — Eugene H. Peterson

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness. — Eugene H. Peterson

Parables release the adrenaline of urgency into our bloodstream. — Eugene H. Peterson

There is a large, leisurely center to existence where God must be deeply pondered, lovingly believed. — Eugene H. Peterson

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business. — Eugene H. Peterson

Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart. — Eugene H. Peterson

A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. — Eugene H. Peterson

Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship. — Eugene H. Peterson

It's your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. — Eugene H. Peterson

Live generously. — Eugene H. Peterson

The vocation of pastor(s) has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans. — Eugene H. Peterson

The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse. — Eugene H. Peterson

God at his best (and he always is)does not have favorite children — Eugene H. Peterson

What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for? — Eugene H. Peterson

My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives. — Eugene H. Peterson

We do not become less needy, less dependent when we pray; we become more needy, more dependent, which is to say, more human. — Eugene H. Peterson

But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me." GOD'S Decree. 7-8 — Eugene H. Peterson

It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in GOD. — Eugene H. Peterson

For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path. — Eugene H. Peterson

American religion is conspicuous for its messianically pretentious energy, its embarassingly banal prose, and its impatiently hustling ambition. — Eugene H. Peterson

this book, giving voice to what is so basic among men and women throughout history, I have translated it "the Quester."] — Eugene H. Peterson

Prayer is a way of language practiced in the presence of God in which we become more than ourselves while remaining ourselves. — Eugene H. Peterson

It's the set of the sail, and not the gale that determines the way they go. — Eugene H. Peterson

We learn the language of prayer by immersing ourselves in the language that God uses to reveal Himself to us. — Eugene H. Peterson

Without good direction, people lose their way; the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances. — Eugene H. Peterson

Self is the soul minus God. — Eugene H. Peterson

When besieged, I'm calm as a baby. When all hell breaks loose, I'm collected and cool. — Eugene H. Peterson

Worship does not satisfy our hunger for God-it whets our appetite. Our need for God is not taken care of by engaging in worship-it deepens. — Eugene H. Peterson

You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule. — Eugene H. Peterson

If your first concern is to look after yourself, you'll never find yourself. — Eugene H. Peterson

God uses language to create and command us. — Eugene H. Peterson

The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy. — Eugene H. Peterson

But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me. GOD'S Decree. 9 — Eugene H. Peterson

Jesus wasn't so much handing out information as reshaping our imaginations. — Eugene H. Peterson

We are most ourselves when we love; we are most the People of God when we love. — Eugene H. Peterson

We cannot be too careful about the words we use; we start out using them and they end up using us. — Eugene H. Peterson

The power that the world acknowledges comes out of the mouth of a gun; the power that the person of faith respects comes from the mouth of Christ. — Eugene H. Peterson

Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets? — Eugene H. Peterson

When we sin and mess up our lives, we find that God doesn't go off and leave us- he enters into our trouble and saves us. — Eugene H. Peterson

Skilled living gets its start in the Fear-of-GOD, insight into life from knowing a Holy God. — Eugene H. Peterson

We live most days and most of the hours of those days in a world permeated with the making and purchasing of idols. — Eugene H. Peterson

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus. — Eugene H. Peterson

the primary practice of language is not in giving out information but being in relationship. — Eugene H. Peterson

All theology is rooted in geography. — Eugene H. Peterson

Drinking from the beautiful chalice of knowledge is better than adorning oneself with gold and rare gems. — Eugene H. Peterson

When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are. — Eugene H. Peterson

The huge irony is that the more the gospel is offered in consumer terms, the more the consumers are disappointed. — Eugene H. Peterson

The task of the prophet is not to smooth things over but to make things right. — Eugene H. Peterson

The truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind. Emily Dickinson — Eugene H. Peterson

Writing is not a literary act but spiritual. And pastoring is not managing a religious business but a spiritual quest. — Eugene H. Peterson

Pastoral work is a commitment to the everyday: it is an act of faith that the great truths of salvation are workable in the ordinary universe. — Eugene H. Peterson

Mercy to the needy is a loan to Got), and Got) pays back those loans in full. — Eugene H. Peterson

Congregation is composed of people, who, upon entering a church, leave behind what people on the street name or call them. — Eugene H. Peterson

The very moment you separate body and spirit, you end up with a corpse. Separate faith and works and you get the same thing: a corpse. — Eugene H. Peterson

Youth may be admired for vigor, but gray hair gives prestige to old age. — Eugene H. Peterson

Preaching reveals God in action here and now
for ME. — Eugene H. Peterson

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose. — Eugene H. Peterson

Teaching resurrects dead words so they live again. — Eugene H. Peterson

The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass. — Eugene H. Peterson

I keep praying that this faith we hold in common keeps showing up in the good things we do, and that people recognize Christ in all of it. — Eugene H. Peterson

For Christians, whose largest investment is in the invisible, imagination is indispensable. — Eugene H. Peterson

There is nothing more common than for people who want to talk about God to lose interest in the people they are talking to. — Eugene H. Peterson

But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself. — Eugene H. Peterson

The Bible makes it clear that every time that there is a story of faith, it is completely original. God's creative genius is endless. — Eugene H. Peterson

Mortals make elaborate plans, but GOD has the last word. — Eugene H. Peterson

Self-justification is a verbal defense for restoring the appearance of righteousness without doing anything about the substance. — Eugene H. Peterson

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy. — Eugene H. Peterson

What do you think God meant when he said, "Remove your sandals from your feet. You're standing on holy ground"? — Eugene H. Peterson

When you are part of a megachurch, you have no responsibility to anybody else. — Eugene H. Peterson

The end is where we start from. T.S. Eliot — Eugene H. Peterson

Prayer is the disciplined refusal to act before God acts. — Eugene H. Peterson

No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others. — Eugene H. Peterson

I'm in charge of all this - I run this universe! — Eugene H. Peterson

You're here to be LIGHT ... Shine! Be generous with your lives. — Eugene H. Peterson

An honest answer is like a warm hug. — Eugene H. Peterson

James 5:16 - The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. — Eugene H. Peterson

Without stories we end up with stereotypes
a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no INTERIOR. — Eugene H. Peterson

At day's end I'm ready for sound sleep, For you, GOD, have put my life back together. — Eugene H. Peterson

Prayer is a refusal to live as an outsider to my God and my own soul. — Eugene H. Peterson

Sabbath is that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing. — Eugene H. Peterson

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality. — Eugene H. Peterson

The poor are not a problem to be solved but a people to join. — Eugene H. Peterson

Don't curse God; and don't damn your leaders. — Eugene H. Peterson

The North American church at present is conspicuous for replacing the Jesus way with the American way. — Eugene H. Peterson

Wisdom is the art of living skillfully in whatever actual conditions we find ourselves. — Eugene H. Peterson

Faith is not a generalized abstraction but a way of life that is expressed in persistent prayer. — Eugene H. Peterson

Pity can be nearsighted and condescending; shared suffering can be dignifying and life-changing. — Eugene H. Peterson

The unholy alliance of religion and politics collaborated in finding Jesus guilty. — Eugene H. Peterson

Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God's hand for that person. — Eugene H. Peterson

Every congregation is a congregation of sinners. As if that weren't bad enough, they all have sinners for pastors. — Eugene H. Peterson

But to those who can't see it yet, everything comes in stories, creating readiness, nudging them toward receptive insight. — Eugene H. Peterson

America leads the world at present in golden-calf production. — Eugene H. Peterson