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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

John Ortberg

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John Ortberg
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 5
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Rockford
Illinois
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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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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.
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