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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

John Ortberg

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERG

Goal Live Separate Time
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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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
Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
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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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERG

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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

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