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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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 ORTBERGOne of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERGThe ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERGThe harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
JOHN ORTBERGAt the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERGImagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERGSolitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGSpiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
JOHN ORTBERGOver time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERGMake your life about something bigger than your life.
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