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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

John Ortberg

Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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.
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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
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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
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
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
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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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

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