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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

John Ortberg

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
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
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.

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