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

John Ortberg

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERG

Expectation God Trust
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG

Body Known Love
When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
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.
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Anand Thakur
A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
JOHN ORTBERG

Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Improvement Planning Salvation
Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
JOHN ORTBERG

Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World

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