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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

John Ortberg

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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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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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
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

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