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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.

John Ortberg

Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
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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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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

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