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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

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
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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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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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
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
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
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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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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