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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.

John Ortberg

A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Heart Hurry Schedule
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERG

Appliance God Yourself
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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

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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
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
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERG

Discipline People Reason Right
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
JOHN ORTBERG

Employee Extrovert Himself Question
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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERG

Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERG

Humble Notice Oneself

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