Erwin McManus - Soul Cravings (2006)

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The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.

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Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning.

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When we dwell on the past, we tend to want to live there. When we dream of the future, we want to go there. Our dreams are where God paints a picture of a life waiting to be created.

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Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.

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Your soul craves truth, beauty, wonder, love. Your soul craves to dream, to imagine, and even simply to understand. Your soul craves to connect, to commune, to create.

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We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.

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Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.

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If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.

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This thing that haunts you, that never seems satisfied, the cravings in your soul that you are unable to satiate through all the success that the world can bring this is your soul screaming for God.

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We are all hypocrites in transition. I am not who I want to be, but I am on the journey there, and thankfully I am not whom I used to be.

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People who are fully alive look out of their minds to those who simply exist.

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We may not be able to accomplish everything we can dream, but we will not accomplish anything without our dreams

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When we stop believing the world can become a better place, when we stop caring about the lives and conditions of others, we lose a part of ourselves.

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