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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

John Ortberg

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

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