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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

John Ortberg

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERG

Humble Notice Oneself
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERG

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