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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.

John Ortberg

One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God Himself Known Mysterious
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
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 bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.

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