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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

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
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
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Anand Thakur
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Anand Thakur
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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
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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Anand Thakur
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
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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Anand Thakur
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

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 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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