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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

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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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
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
It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly

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