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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

John Ortberg

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

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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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERG

Identity Significance
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

God Need Soul
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

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