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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

John Ortberg

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 primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

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