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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.

John Ortberg

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
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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 are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
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
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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