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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.

John Ortberg

Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Anand Thakur
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
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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Anand Thakur
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
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
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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Anand Thakur
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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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Anand Thakur
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Anand Thakur
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Anand Thakur
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Anand Thakur
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Anand Thakur
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality

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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