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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.

John Ortberg

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.

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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.

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