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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

John Ortberg

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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
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
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Anand Thakur
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Anand Thakur
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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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Anand Thakur
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Anand Thakur
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Anand Thakur
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Anand Thakur
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Anand Thakur

It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

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