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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

John Ortberg

I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
JOHN ORTBERG

Failure Respond Shape Way 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.
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Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
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.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERG

Argument God Often
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERG

Compassionate Love Self Love Ugly
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
JOHN ORTBERG

Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking

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