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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

Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
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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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
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
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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
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
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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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Failure Mission Need

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