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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.

John Ortberg

It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Anand Thakur
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Anand Thakur
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Anand Thakur
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 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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Anand Thakur
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Anand Thakur
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Anand Thakur
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Anand Thakur
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
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
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing

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