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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

We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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
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
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
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing

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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