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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

John Ortberg

It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
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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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

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