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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.

John Ortberg

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
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
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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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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
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
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.

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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.

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