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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

John Ortberg

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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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
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
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
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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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
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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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
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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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