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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

John Ortberg

Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
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
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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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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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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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
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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