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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.

John Ortberg

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
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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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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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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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
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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
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
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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