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• The church is in the hope business.

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  Church

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• True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.

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  Love Is, True Love Is, Willing

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• True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

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  Home, Grace, Despair

  John Ortberg (2008). “When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box”, p.121, Zondervan

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• Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.

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  Jesus, Mysterious, Knows

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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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  Prayer, Mind, Today

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.135, Harper Collins

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• God is still in the business of coming down to earth: to this cubicle, this email, this room, this house, this job, this hospital room, this car, this bed, this vacation. Any place can become Bethel, the house of God. Cleveland, maybe. Or the chair you're sitting in as you read these words.

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  God, Jobs, Vacation

  John Ortberg (2010). “God Is Closer Than You Think: This Can Be the Greatest Moment of Your Life Because This Moment Is the Place Where You Can Meet God”, p.13, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.

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  Pain, Disappointment, Mean

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.148, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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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  Wish, Expected, Trusted

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• The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

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  Jesus, Heaven, News

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• God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.

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  One Day, Looks, Wickedness

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.24, Harper Collins

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• I need to learn. Joy is at the heart of God's plan for human beings. The reason for this is worth pondering awhile: Joy is at the heart of God himself. We will never understand the significance of joy in human life until we understand its importance to God. I suspect that most of us seriously underestimate God's capacity for joy.

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  Heart, Joy, Needs

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.65, Harper Collins

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• Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.

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  Waiting, Sometimes, Painful

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.257, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• People who are servants-humbly, honestly, and joyfully-keep getting revealed as the biggest winners. People who recognize and embrace their smallness keep getting bigger and bigger in God's eyes. It's the oddest scoring system.

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  Eye, People, Winner

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• The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

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  Devotion To God, Devotion, Devotional

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.51, Harper Collins

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• Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.

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  Jesus, Outcast, Spokes

  John Ortberg (2009). “Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them”, p.229, Harper Collins

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• When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin ... Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.

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  Names, Trying, Honest

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• Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

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  Greatness, Indecision

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• The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

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  People, Ministry, Speak

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• God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.

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  Spiritual, Spiritual Life, Not Interested

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• The entire life of Jesus isn't the story of somebody climbing up a ladder; it's a picture of someone coming down-a series of demotions. The problem with spending our lives climbing up the ladder is that we will go right past Jesus, for He's coming down.

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  Jesus, Past, Climbing Up

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• It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

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  Kingdoms, Firsts, Guidance

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.146, Harper Collins

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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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  Becoming The Best, Christian Inspirational, Desire

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.

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  Jesus, People, Would Be

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.144, Harper Collins

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• Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

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  Heart, Schedules

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.84, Harper Collins

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• 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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  Often Is, Boss, Extroverts

  John Ortberg (2012). “Who Is This Man?: The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus”, p.75, Zondervan

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