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• Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.

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  Leader, Pessimism, Contagious

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• We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.

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  May, Unloved

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

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  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.

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  Blessing, Two, Mind

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.147, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

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  Grit, Aimlessness, Fruitful Life

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• God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.

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  Heart, People, Giving

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• You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

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  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.82, Harper Collins

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• Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

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  Mind, Firsts, Norm

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• Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.

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  Jesus, Thinking, Rights

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• Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

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  Jesus, Real, Men

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• Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

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  New Life, Resurrection, Prerequisites

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• You have a "turn" every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

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  Opportunity, Choices, Tiny

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• Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

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  Passion, Volcanoes, Waiting

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.225, Harper Collins

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• At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.

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  Christian, Jesus, Heart

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• The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

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  Character, Darkness, Doubt

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.209, Harper Collins

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• The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

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  People, Broken, Needs

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• One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'

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  Spiritual, Suffering, Might

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.136, Harper Collins

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• In the beginning, we're told, was the word. Every once in a while someone shows up on the planet who is word-obsessed and word-gifted; and the light and darkness get named again. In our day, that someone is Buechner.

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  Light, Darkness, Obsessed

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• I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

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  Wise, Leaving, Lazy

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• One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.

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  Loneliness, Support, Empathy

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.214, Harper Collins

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• Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

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  Mean, Serenity, Doubt

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• When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

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  Life Changing, Done, Preaching

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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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  Character, Law, Office

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.58, Harper Collins

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• Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam's fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.

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  Hurt, People, Perfect

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• We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

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  Espresso, Followers, Sovereign

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.250, ReadHowYouWant.com

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