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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

John Ortberg

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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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
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
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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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
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

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