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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want To Be When adversity comes into our lives we can rise to the challenge and see abilities that have been hidden is us that would otherwise remain dormant. We don’t really know what we are capable of until we have to cope. Sometimes we lose everything…
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I have to admit to whoever is reading my blog, that there are days when I begin to get negative and slightly depressed when I view what is going on in our nation. I have to continually guard against a “negative spirit.” I can easily get fearful and start worrying. I become concerned about the future. …
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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want To Be Paul says in Rom. 5 that we should rejoice in our sufferings, and he believed that suffering can lead to growth. Is it possible that adversity in our lives can cause us to reach our fullest level of growth and development? Robert Roberts describes…
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Devotions by John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be Being a Christian doesn’t cover up bad work. We should do our very best, with all our might, that will honor Him. . “If I cannot experience the Spirit in the work I am doing today, then I can’t experience the Spirit today at…
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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be How do we find God in our work? How do we allow our work to move us toward the person God wants us to be? Jesus must have valued work for he spent more than ¾ of his life as a carpenter. God has…
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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be Sometimes we want to change people but we must remember that only God can touch the deepest place of another’s soul. We may think we can intimidate, lecture, flatter, reason, cajole, reward, to get the desired behavior from another but we can’t touch the…
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Civility in America is breaking down. People debate the direction of our nation with a passion that at times can be expressed in anger. This public expression of heart felt descent has always been a healthy part of our cultural fabric. But today it seems to have boiled over to a new level. There is talk of…
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Devotions for John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be We all need difficult people in our lives to help us grow and become the best version of ourselves. Other people don’t create our spirit; they reveal our spirit. If we need to develop love, then some unlovable people will be our greatest challenge.…
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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be Our relationships with others grows deep when we are real and honest about the sin that is common to us all. When we can step into openness and stop pretending, we will find ourselves coming alive. Hiddenness is the enemy of flourishing. When someone…
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Devotions from John Ortberg’s book, The Me I Want to Be We were designed to flourish in connectedness. Connectedness brings gifts. Who are the life-giving people around us? Who are the ones who notice us? Who know what we love and fear? Who do little things with great love? Mother Teresa used to say, do…