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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

John Ortberg

Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.

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