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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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  Eye, People, Winner

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• We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

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  Prayer, Mind, Today

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.135, Harper Collins

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• It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

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  Thinking, Dying, May

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.23, Harper Collins

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• God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.

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  One Day, Looks, Wickedness

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.24, Harper Collins

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

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  Self, God's Plan, Salvation

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• Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.

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  World, Bigger, Grows

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• God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

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  Opportunity, Doors, Endless Opportunities

  Twitter post from Jan 04, 2012

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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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  Jesus, Mean, Differences

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• Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.

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  Jesus, Outcast, Spokes

  John Ortberg (2009). “Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them”, p.229, Harper Collins

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• Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.

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  Christian, Jesus, Arguing

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• The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.

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  Jesus, Heaven, News

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• If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

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  People, World, Serious

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.18, Harper Collins

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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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  Jesus, Mysterious, Knows

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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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  Becoming The Best, Christian Inspirational, Desire

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• The church is in the hope business.

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  Church

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• True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

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  Home, Grace, Despair

  John Ortberg (2008). “When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box”, p.121, Zondervan

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• Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.

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  Pain, Disappointment, Mean

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.148, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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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  Wish, Expected, Trusted

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• I need to learn. Joy is at the heart of God's plan for human beings. The reason for this is worth pondering awhile: Joy is at the heart of God himself. We will never understand the significance of joy in human life until we understand its importance to God. I suspect that most of us seriously underestimate God's capacity for joy.

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  Heart, Joy, Needs

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.65, Harper Collins

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• God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.

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  Strong, Character, People

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

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  Heart, Schedules

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.84, Harper Collins

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• Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self."

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  Self, Boredom, Joy

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.64, Harper Collins

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• The entire life of Jesus isn't the story of somebody climbing up a ladder; it's a picture of someone coming down-a series of demotions. The problem with spending our lives climbing up the ladder is that we will go right past Jesus, for He's coming down.

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  Jesus, Past, Climbing Up

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• When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin ... Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.

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  Names, Trying, Honest

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• The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.

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  People, Ministry, Speak

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