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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.

John Ortberg

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
JOHN ORTBERG

Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERG

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