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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

John Ortberg

The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity

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