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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

John Ortberg

Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
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.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking

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