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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.

John Ortberg

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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
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
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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Anand Thakur
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
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
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience 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
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
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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Anand Thakur
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Anand Thakur
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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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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