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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

John Ortberg

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question 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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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
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
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
It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

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