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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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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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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.
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We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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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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If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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