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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.

John Ortberg

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
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Anand Thakur
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Anand Thakur
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
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Anand Thakur
The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Anand Thakur
We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Anand Thakur
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERG

Identity Significance
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Anand Thakur
The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
JOHN ORTBERG

Employee Extrovert Himself Question
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Cure God Sin Vision

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