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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

John Ortberg

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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
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
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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
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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

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