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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

John Ortberg

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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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
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Anand Thakur
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
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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Anand Thakur
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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality

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