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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

John Ortberg
Joy, Everyday, Contentment
John Ortberg (2014). “Soul Keeping Study Guide: Caring for the Most Important Part of You”, p.54, Harper Collins

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.

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

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."

John Ortberg
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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