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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

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
God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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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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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
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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