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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

John Ortberg

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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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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
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

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