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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

John Ortberg

The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
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
Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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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
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
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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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
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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