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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

John Ortberg

Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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
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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
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

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

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