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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.

John Ortberg

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

Anand Thakur
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Anand Thakur
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Anand Thakur
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Anand Thakur
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Anand Thakur
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
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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Anand Thakur
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Anand Thakur
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

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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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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