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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.

John Ortberg

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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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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
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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.

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