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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

John Ortberg

We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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 goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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
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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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 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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
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
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

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