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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

John Ortberg

At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
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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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
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
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 decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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