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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.

John Ortberg

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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
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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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.

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