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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

John Ortberg

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
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation

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