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“It is unlikely that we will deepen our relationship with God in a casual or haphazard manner. There will be a need for some intentional commitment and some reorganization in our own lives.” William Paulsell quoted in The Life You've Always Wanted, John Ortberg, pg.200

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“Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, ‘Do it again’; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again” to the sun; and every evening, “Do it again” to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old and our Father is younger than we.” Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterson

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“Moses said “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.” Everything turned on Moses’ being willing to “turn aside” - to interrupt his daily routing to pay attention to the presence of God. He didn’t have to. He could have looked the other way, as many of us would. He would have just missed the Exodus, the people of Israel, his calling… He would have missed knowing God.” The Life You've Always Wanted, John Ortberg, pg. 18

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“The fawning etiquette of unctuous prayer is utterly foreign in the Bible. Biblical prayer is impertinent, persistent, shameless, indecorous. It is more like haggling in an oriental bazaar than the polite monologues of the churches.” Walter Wink quoted in The Life You’ve Always Wanted, John Ortberg, pg. 95