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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

John Ortberg

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
God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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.
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Difference Friendship World
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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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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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