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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

John Ortberg

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
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
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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