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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.

John Ortberg

The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
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
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
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.

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