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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.

John Ortberg

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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
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
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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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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