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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

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
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
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
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
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality

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