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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

John Ortberg

Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERG

Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERG

Humble Notice Oneself
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Identity Significance
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
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

Anand Thakur
Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Man Question Reality
The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Need Soul
Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Big Life Yourself
At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

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