C. J. Mahaney Quotes About Purpose

• The biblical purpose of every conversation you have, in every personal interaction, is that they person who hears you will receive grace.

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• Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words. Did you know that, on average, each of us speaks about twenty-five thousand words daily? My last book didn't have that many words. A lot of language is flowing out of our mouths every day and having an impact on those around us. But how much of that flow is fulfilling God's intended purpose for our speech? How much of it reflects pride, rather than a gospel-motivated humility?

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  C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.57, Multnomah

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• Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. That’s the motive and ultimate purpose of pride—to rob God of legitimate glory and to pursue self-glorification, contending for supremacy with Him. The proud person seeks to glorify himself and not God, thereby attempting in effect to deprive God of something only He is worthy to receive

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  C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.22, Multnomah

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• Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

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  C.J. Mahaney (2008). “Humility: True Greatness”, p.27, Multnomah

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