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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.

John Ortberg

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
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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
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
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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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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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