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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.

John Ortberg

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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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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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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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
The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Goodness Heaven Human Life News Preach Yourself
For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God Need Soul
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Heart Hurry Schedule
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Act Break Genuine God Pretend Spirituality
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Bitter Hard Hate Judgmental People Spirituality Thinking
When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.

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