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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.

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.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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
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
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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

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