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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

John Ortberg

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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
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
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often

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