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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.

John Ortberg

The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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
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
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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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
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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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
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
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
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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