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

John Ortberg

Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERG

Humble Notice Oneself
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
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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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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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
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World

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