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

John Ortberg

At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
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
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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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
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
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

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