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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

John Ortberg

God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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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 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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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation

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