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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

John Ortberg

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

Anand Thakur
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERG

Goal Live Separate Time
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
JOHN ORTBERG

Essence Hope Possible Transformation
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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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
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
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
JOHN ORTBERG

Deep Hard Strike Yourself
The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERG

Humble Notice Oneself
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERG

Discipline People Reason Right
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

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

God Need Soul
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERG

Difference Friendship World
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

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