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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

Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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
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
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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
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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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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