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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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
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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