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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

John Ortberg

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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

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