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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

John Ortberg

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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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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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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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
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

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