Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGIf I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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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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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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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