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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

John Ortberg

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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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
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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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
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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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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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
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
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself

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