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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

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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God Improvement Planning Salvation
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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.

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