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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

John Ortberg

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
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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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
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

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