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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

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
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
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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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
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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Anand Thakur
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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality

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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