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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.

~John Ortberg

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Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

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Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list.

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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.

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The irony is that 'looking down on everybody else' is a violation of the law of love, which, according to Jesus, is the absolute essence of righteousness.

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

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Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader - the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It's what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general.

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When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.

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Amusement is a way of boredom-avoidance through external stimulation that fails to exercise our minds. It's mere diversion.

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

~John Ortberg

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: May 5th, 1957

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