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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.

John Ortberg

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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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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
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with 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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Illusion Normal People Temptation
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
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

Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.

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