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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

John Ortberg

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

Anand Thakur
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

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

Humble Notice Oneself
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Anand Thakur
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
JOHN ORTBERG

Achievement Decision Greatness
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERG

Heart Hurry Schedule
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
JOHN ORTBERG

Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
JOHN ORTBERG

Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.

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