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

John Ortberg

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERG

Identity Significance
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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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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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Anand Thakur
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
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
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Anand Thakur

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

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