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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

John Ortberg

Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
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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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
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.

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