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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

The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
JOHN ORTBERG

Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
JOHN ORTBERG

Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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
Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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.

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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.

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