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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

John Ortberg

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
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
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
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 test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
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
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
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
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
It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Anand Thakur

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

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