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

John Ortberg

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
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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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
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself

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