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

John Ortberg

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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 I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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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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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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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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
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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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