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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

John Ortberg

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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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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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking

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