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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

John Ortberg

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Anand Thakur
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 only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
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
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
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Anand Thakur
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
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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Anand Thakur
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
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Anand Thakur
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
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Anand Thakur

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

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