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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.

John Ortberg

We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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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
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
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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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
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
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.

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