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

John Ortberg

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Achievement Decision Greatness
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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
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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
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
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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

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