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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.

John Ortberg

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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
To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Argument God Often
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work

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