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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

John Ortberg

Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
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
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
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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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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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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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

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