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Even you can__ tell yourself how to change, because you didn__ create you. 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. He has no other agenda. He has no unmet needs he is hoping you can help him with. And he knows what the best version of you looks like. He delighted in the idea of it, and he is already working on it. The apostle Paul said, __e know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him._ Which means God is at work every moment to help you become his best version of you.
John Ortberg The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
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Even you can__ tell yourself how to change, because you didn__ create you. 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. He has no other agenda. He has no unmet needs he is hoping you can help him with. And he knows what the best version of you looks like. He delighted in the idea of it, and he is already working on it. The apostle Paul said, __e know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him._ Which means God is at work every moment to help you become his best version of you.
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The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

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