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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.

John Ortberg

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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