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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.

John Ortberg

Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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 good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
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
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.

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