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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

The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
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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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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
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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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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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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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