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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

John Ortberg

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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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Anand Thakur
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Anand Thakur
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
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Anand Thakur
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Anand Thakur
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Anand Thakur
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Anand Thakur
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Anand Thakur
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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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Anand Thakur
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
The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
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
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Anand Thakur
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul

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