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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

John Ortberg

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERG

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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
JOHN ORTBERG

Country Faith God Greatness History Record Worship
Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
JOHN ORTBERG

Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG

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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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 main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERG

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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

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

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