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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.

John Ortberg

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Freedom Surrender True
We 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.
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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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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Failure Mission Need
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.

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