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

John Ortberg

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Fear God Obedience People Threat Trust
It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Anand Thakur
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Expectation God Trust
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Anand Thakur
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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
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
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Anand Thakur
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.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Himself Known Mysterious
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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
Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
JOHN ORTBERG

Influence Movement World

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