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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.

John Ortberg

We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
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
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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The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
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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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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