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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

John Ortberg

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
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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
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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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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