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

John Ortberg

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERG

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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.

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