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Category: John Mark Comer

  • Hurry and love incompatable

    Hurry and love are incompatible. All my worst moments as a father, a husband, and a pastor, even as a human being, are when I’m in a hurry—late for an appointment, behind on my unrealistic to-do list, trying to cram too much into my day. I ooze anger, tension, a critical nagging—the antitheses of love.…

  • Emotionally healthy

    The number one problem you will face is time. People are just too busy to live emotionally healthy and spiritually rich and vibrant lives. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • The devil will make you busy

    Corrie ten Boom once said that if the devil can’t make you sin, he’ll make you busy. There’s truth in that. Both sin and busyness have the exact same effect—they cut off your connection to God, to other people, and even to your own soul. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to…

  • Eliminate hurry

    Dallas Willard “There is nothing else. Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The ruthless elimination of hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Gain a church, lose a soul

    It hits me like a freight train: in America you can be a success as a pastor and a failure as an apprentice of Jesus; you can gain a church and lose your soul. John Mark Comer – American Pastor (1980 – )Click to TweetFrom the book “The Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available…