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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

True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
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 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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
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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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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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
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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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

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

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