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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.

John Ortberg

The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
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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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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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Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
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
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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself

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