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My desire:

Psalm 130:5-6

"I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the LORD More than those who watch for the morning.... For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption."

John MacArthur, Daily Study Bible, on James 2:8

"...love your neighbor as yourself. This sovereign law...when combined with the command to love God, summarizes all the Law and the Prophets. James is not advocating [narcissism].... Rather, the command is to pursue meeting the physical health and spiritual well-being of... all within the sphere of our influence...."

on James 2:20

"... faith without works is dead...." James is not contrasting faith vs. works as methods of salvation. "Instead, he contrasts two kinds of faith: living faith that saves and dead faith that does not" (1179).

John Ortberg, God Is Closer Than You Think

Brother Lawrence, as quoted in Ortberg: "Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing."

Esther de Waal, as quoted in Ortberg: "Christ addresses me in the voice of each person I meet" (103).

"Let [Namaan's] 'washing in the Jordan' stand for all our mundane, nonglamorous interactions with people in our lives..." (111).

Mother Teresa, as related in Ortberg: "we should not ask to do great things for God, but to do small things with great love" (113).

Frank Laubach as described in Ortberg: the CIHU prayer: "'Can I help you' and 'Can I help you find God'" (114).

Ortberg calls the church Waldo, Jr.