What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Anand Thakur
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERGToday, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGDeath is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
JOHN ORTBERGA 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.
JOHN ORTBERGGod is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERGSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERGChurches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
JOHN ORTBERGFor 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.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
JOHN ORTBERGLeadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERGIn reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERGWe 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 ORTBERGSkepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERGJoylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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