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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

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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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
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
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
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
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
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Big Life Yourself
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
JOHN ORTBERG

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