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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

For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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