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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

John Ortberg

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

Anand Thakur
To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
JOHN ORTBERG

Love Necessary True Willing
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Big Life Yourself
Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
JOHN ORTBERG

God Himself Known Mysterious
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
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERG

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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERG

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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
JOHN ORTBERG

Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
JOHN ORTBERG

Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERG

Difference Friendship World

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