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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

John Ortberg

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
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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