A Quote by Max Lucado
God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.
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When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Ghost will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and self-seeking and pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God; and I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him when he is full already with something else.
I believe many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.
We must free ourselves to be filled by God. Even God cannot fill what is full.
If you don't have God in your life, you have to fill up on something. And you usually reach for the four great substitutes, the classical addictions: wealth, pleasure, power, and honor. So you try to fill yourself up.
If I empty out half of my life, God can only fill half...God will fill as much of us as we allow Him to fill.
Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.
Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles.
One possible sign of low self-esteem is suppressing parts of yourself so you can fill someone else's expectations of what you should be. You try to fill someone else's (or your own) prescription of perfection, instead of being yourself and embracing your originality.
Fill yourself with love. Then you will learn everything you ever need to know about God and life.
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.
If you aren't hungry for God, you are full of yourself.
Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.
Writing-and this is the big secret-wants to be written. Writing loves a writer the way God loves a true devotee. Writing will fill your heart if you let it. It will fill your pages and help to fill your life.
Most people fill their schedules with work, and leisure only happens when there's time left over. But it's impossible to live a rich and full life without doing things that give you joy. Forget about productivity once in a while and give yourself permission to goof off.
To have a mind full of peace, merely fill it full of peace. It's as simple as that.
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