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• The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

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  Love Is, Giving, Expectations

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

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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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  People, Normal, Illusion

  John Ortberg (2009). “Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.

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  Prayer, Long, Desire

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• We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?

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  Humble, Humility, Christian Inspirational

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.173, Harper Collins

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• Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.

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  Waiting, Want, Becoming

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• Make your life about something bigger than your life.

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  Bigger

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• How hard is it for God to get your attention? Do you regularly practice turning aside in your day? That is, taking a moment to listen to God- because God, through the Holy Spirit, really is speaking, because we know, every place is filled with the presence of God. There is not an inch of space, not a moment of time, that God does not inhabit.

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  Practice, Space, Doe

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• Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.

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  Price Tag, People, Brushes

  John Ortberg (2001). “Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart”, p.57, Harper Collins

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• What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

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  What Matters, Accomplishment, Achieve

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• Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

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  Done, Might, Imagine

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.57, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

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  Brother, Son, World

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.103, Harper Collins

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• Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for.

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  Waiting, Important

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• One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.

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  Illusion, Great Marriage, More Time

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• The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.

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  Jesus, Past, Climbing

  John Ortberg (2008). “When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box”, p.44, Zondervan

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• The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

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  Jesus, Mean, Choices

  John Ortberg, Stephen Sorenson, Amanda Sorenson (2003). “If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat: A 6-session Journey on Learning to Trust God”, p.32, Zondervan

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• The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you.

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  Life Is, Moments, Irreplaceable

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• Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

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  Mean, Doubt, Doe

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.213, Harper Collins

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• Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

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  Grace, Irrational, Offers

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• Sheldon Vanauken wrote that the strongest argument for Christianity is Christians, when they are drawing life from God. The strongest argument against Christianity? Also Christians, when they become exclusive, self-righteous, and complacent.

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  Christian, Self, Drawing

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.38, Harper Collins

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• God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.

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  Children, Pain, Train Of Thought

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.201, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to worship because without it I can forget his calling and begin to live in a spirit of self-preoccupation. I need to worship because without it I lose a sense of wonder and gratitude and plod through life with blinders on. I need worship because my natural tendency is toward self-reliance and stubborn independence.

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  Gratitude, Self, Independence

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.281, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  People, Way, Reason

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.55, Harper Collins

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• Many Christians expend so much energy and worry trying not to sin. The goal is not to try to sin less. In all your efforts to keep from sinning, what are you focusing on? Sin. God wants you to focus on him. To be with him. “Abide in me.” Just relax and learn to enjoy his presence. Every day is a collection of moments, 86,400 seconds in a day. How many of them can you live with God? Start where you are and grow from there. God wants to be with you every moment.

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  Christian, Goal, Worry

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• Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

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  Godly, People, Obeying God

  John Ortberg (2001). “If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat”, p.124, 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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