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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

John Ortberg

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

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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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
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
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

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