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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.

John Ortberg

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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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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
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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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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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
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
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 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
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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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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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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