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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.

John Ortberg

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 goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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
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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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
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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing

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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