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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.

John Ortberg

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit

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