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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 goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
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.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
JOHN ORTBERG

Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Appliance God Yourself
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance

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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