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

John Ortberg

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
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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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

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