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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.

John Ortberg

The church is in the hope business.
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Business Hope One Liner
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time

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