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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.

John Ortberg

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERG

Difference Friendship World
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
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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Anand Thakur
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Anand Thakur

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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