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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

It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
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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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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 good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation

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