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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

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
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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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
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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 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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

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