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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.

John Ortberg

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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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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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True

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