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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

John Ortberg

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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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
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
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
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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.

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