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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

John Ortberg

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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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
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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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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
sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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