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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

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERG

Expectation God Trust
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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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERG

Failure God Hear Mindset Reason Spirituality Suffering
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
JOHN ORTBERG

Influence Movement World
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERG

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

Anand Thakur
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
JOHN ORTBERG

Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
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

Anand Thakur
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
JOHN ORTBERG

Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG

Body Known Love
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
JOHN ORTBERG

Illusion Normal People Temptation
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
JOHN ORTBERG

Follow Identity
One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
JOHN ORTBERG

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
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

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