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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

John Ortberg

Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
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
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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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