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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

John Ortberg

The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
JOHN ORTBERG

Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Anand Thakur
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Influence Movement World
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

Anand Thakur
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.
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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.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
JOHN ORTBERG

Acceptance Act Affirmation Alive Heart
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
JOHN ORTBERG

Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

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