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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

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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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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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
The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
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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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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