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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

Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
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 Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
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
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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
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
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
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

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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