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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

John Ortberg

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
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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
$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking

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