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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.

John Ortberg

Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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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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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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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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