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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

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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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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

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