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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.

John Ortberg

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
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 life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
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
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly

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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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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