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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

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

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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Follow Identity
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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.
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Average Dangerous Faith Greatness Ourselves Version Willing
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time

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