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

John Ortberg

Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
JOHN ORTBERG

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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
JOHN ORTBERG

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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERG

Expectation God Trust
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
JOHN ORTBERG

Man Question Reality
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERG

Heart Hurry Schedule
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
JOHN ORTBERG

Failure Mission Need
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

Anand Thakur
If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
JOHN ORTBERG

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Cure God Sin Vision
We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
JOHN ORTBERG

Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing

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