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

John Ortberg

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
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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Anand Thakur
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Anand Thakur
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
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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Anand Thakur
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
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Anand Thakur
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

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