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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

John Ortberg

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
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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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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
The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

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