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

John Ortberg

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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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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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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
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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