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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

John Ortberg

Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERG

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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
JOHN ORTBERG

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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
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
The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Deep Hard Strike Yourself
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Difference Friendship World
We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Humble Notice Oneself
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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If 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.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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In 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 ORTBERG

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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

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