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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

John Ortberg

In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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Appliance God Yourself
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
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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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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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
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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