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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.

John Ortberg

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
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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Anand Thakur
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
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

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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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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