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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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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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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
John Ortberg
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May 5, 1957
(age 67)
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