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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.

John Ortberg

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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
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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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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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time

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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