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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.

John Ortberg

God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
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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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
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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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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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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