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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

John Ortberg

The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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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
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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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERG

Appliance God Yourself
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERG

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