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The church is in the hope business.

John Ortberg

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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

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