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Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
Author
Psychologist
Theologian
Rockford
Illinois
Self
Salvation
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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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The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed. My mind may be obsessed with idols my will may be enslaved to habits my body may be consumed with appetites. But my soul will never find rest until it rests in God.
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I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.
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To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices such as fasting and simplicity are such powerful tools for transformation. The experience of frustration and disappointment is irreplaceable in the development of a grateful heart.
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Everybody wears an unseen sign that reads: Inspire me. Remind me that my life matters call me to be my best self appeal to whatever in me is most noble and honorable. Don't let me go down the path of least resistance. Challenge me to make my life about something more than the acquisition of money or success
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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People who are servants-humbly, honestly, and joyfully-keep getting revealed as the biggest winners. People who recognize and embrace their smallness keep getting bigger and bigger in God's eyes. It's the oddest scoring system.
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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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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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