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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

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
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
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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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
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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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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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