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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

John Ortberg

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

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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
JOHN ORTBERG

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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERG

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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Improvement Planning Salvation
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

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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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The church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERG

Business Hope One Liner
The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Choice Comfortable Decision Growth Life Risk Value
Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
JOHN ORTBERG

Allow Character Doubt Faith Freedom Obedience Transformation
Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

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