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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.

John Ortberg

Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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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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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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