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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.

John Ortberg

Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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
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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Anand Thakur
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Anand Thakur
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Anand Thakur
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love

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