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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

John Ortberg

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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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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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
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
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
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
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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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

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