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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

John Ortberg

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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 possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
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
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

One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

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