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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

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.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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 most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
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.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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.

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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.

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