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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

John Ortberg

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERG

Appliance God Yourself
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
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
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

Anand Thakur
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
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
To become truly free, you must surrender.
JOHN ORTBERG

Freedom Surrender True
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
JOHN ORTBERG

God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERG

Expectation God Trust
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
JOHN ORTBERG

Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Active Confidence Expectation God Pain
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust

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