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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

John Ortberg

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
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
JOHN ORTBERG

Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERG

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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG

Body Known Love
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERG

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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
JOHN ORTBERG

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