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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

John Ortberg

Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Anand Thakur
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Anand Thakur
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Anand Thakur
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
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Anand Thakur
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Anand Thakur
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
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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Anand Thakur
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Anand Thakur

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

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