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

John Ortberg

The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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 and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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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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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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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 heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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