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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.

John Ortberg

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
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 possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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
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
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need

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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