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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

John Ortberg

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

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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Man Question Reality
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Door God Goodness Open Opportunity
A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Employee Extrovert Himself Question
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Patience Time Transformation Wait Yourself
Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Better Embrace Faith Fantasy Pain Reality
As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Body Known Love
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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.”
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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