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

John Ortberg

Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Anand Thakur
Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERG

Difference Friendship World
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERG

Heart Hurry Schedule
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
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

Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERG

Goal Live Separate Time
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Anand Thakur

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

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