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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

John Ortberg

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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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
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Anand Thakur
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance

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