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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.”

John Ortberg

The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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
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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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
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
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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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