Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Anand Thakur
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERGIf 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 ORTBERGWe’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERGJesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERGThe goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERGWe may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERGGreatness is never achieved through indecision.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERGIt only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
JOHN ORTBERGYour world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus gave the world its most influential movement.
JOHN ORTBERGThe only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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