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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

John Ortberg

The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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 possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Big Life Yourself
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

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