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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

John Ortberg

Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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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

Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

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