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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.

John Ortberg

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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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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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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
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
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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
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
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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