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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Disordered
Schedule
Hurry
Schedules
Heart

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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we're tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good the God of the open door.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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