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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

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

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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
JOHN ORTBERG

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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Spirituality Training Transformation Wisdom
Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Identity Significance
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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Elimination Hurry Life Patience Yourself
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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God Greatness Life Moments Replacement Yourself
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Failure Respond Shape Way Yourself
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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.

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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.

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