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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

One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
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 greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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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
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
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
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation

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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