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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.

John Ortberg

Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERG

Identity Significance
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
JOHN ORTBERG

Follow Identity
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
JOHN ORTBERG

Man Question Reality
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Big Life Yourself
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG

Body Known Love

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