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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

John Ortberg

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
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
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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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
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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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
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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