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

John Ortberg

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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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
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious

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