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A Guide to Transforming Your Life When Willpower Isn’t Enough
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John Ortberg
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John Ortberg
About this listen
Is there really any hope for a spiritual way of living that actually works?
Admiration, comfort, love, power, success, pleasure, escape, control: we’re all addicted to something, whether we realize it or not.
In this deeply heartfelt book, author John Ortberg offers a guide for transformation when we know something needs to change but we can’t do it on our own. Rooted in the teachings of Jesus and using the framework of AAs 12 steps as a guide, Ortberg offers all of us a freeing roadmap for:
- Giving up our exhausting and fruitless efforts to fix, manage, and control our own lives
- Distinguishing between when willpower is essential and when it is futile
- Discovering how God can do for us what we can’t do for ourselves, and
- living authentically, joyfully and in communion with God and other people.
Ortberg shows us how to discover:
- Our spiritual attachment styles
- Our core doubts
- The benefits of practices like prayer, meditation, and mindfulness
- God’s sufficiency in our inadequacy
In Steps, find what’s needed to experience a new freedom, a new fellowship and a new happiness no matter our circumstances.
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In an era in which many Christians consider Jesus a beloved but remote savior, Willard argues compellingly for the relevance of God to every aspect of our existence. Masterfully capturing the central insights of Christ's teachings in a fresh way for today's seekers, he helps us to explore a revolutionary way to experience God by knowing him as an essential part of the here and now, rather than only as part of the hereafter.
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Incredible Book
- By Tom Ewald on 09-07-07
By: Dallas Willard
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Loved to Life
- A 40-Day Pilgrimage with Love Himself That Will Change Your Life
- By: Ann Voskamp
- Narrated by: Ann Voskamp
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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You aren’t alone. God knows what it feels like to be where you are, where you have been. God Himself knows how hard this broken planet is. This is the truest story in the whole universe: God is the only One who has ever loved you to death and came to resurrect you into the fullest life you always hoped for. Embark with New York Times bestselling author of One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp, on a 40-day spiritual pilgrimage following the entire life of Jesus through the Gospel of John.
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The Gospel communicated so beautifully!
- By Steve Overturf on 04-22-25
By: Ann Voskamp
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Eternity Is Now in Session
- A Radical Rediscovery of What Jesus Really Taught About Salvation, Eternity, and Getting to the Good Place
- By: John Ortberg
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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Best-selling author John Ortberg dispels the myth that eternal life is something way out in outer space that we can only hope to experience after we die - and that being saved is merely about meeting the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven. Instead, John unpacks the reality that the moment we trust Christ, we are initiated into “eternal living” with God as a here and now reality, one that will continue beyond our life on this earth.
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Speaker
- By Karla J Altman on 06-14-20
By: John Ortberg
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If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
- 10 Lessons to Trusting God
- By: John Ortberg
- Narrated by: Maurice England
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Deep within you lies the same faith and longing that sent Peter walking across the wind-swept Sea of Galilee toward Jesus. In what ways is the Lord telling you, as he did Peter, "Come"? Out on the risky waters of faith, Jesus is waiting to meet you in ways that will change you forever, deepening your character and your trust in God. The experience is terrifying. It's thrilling beyond belief. It's everything you'd expect of someone worthy to be called Lord.
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The Most Annoying Narrator, EVER
- By Reza Molavi on 03-08-11
By: John Ortberg
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Thirsting
- Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire
- By: Strahan Coleman
- Narrated by: Strahan Coleman
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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What if the longing we feel is a sign of God’s longing for us? Thirsting is a deeply spiritual exploration of a life-changing truth: only when we learn to live in the ache of our thirst instead of running from it will we know the joy of receiving God in every part of our lives. We may be able to imagine God saving us, using us, and even loving us—but wanting us? Pursuing us? Longing for us? And yet, as spiritual director Strahan Coleman teaches, God’s greatest desire is to commune with us in the depths of our souls.
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Captivating
- By Colin Salisbury on 10-11-24
By: Strahan Coleman
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When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box
- By: John Ortberg
- Narrated by: John Ortberg
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In this thought-provoking look at what's really important in life, John Ortberg uses games as a metaphor to help us recognize and play for life's real prize: being rich toward God. Told with humor and wisdom by this best-selling author, pastor, and game-strategist, When the Game is Over It All Goes Back in the Box reminds us that everything on earth belongs to God, and everything we "win" is just on loan. Being Master of the Board is not the point; playing by God's rules is.
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Excellent, As Usual
- By Joyce on 10-11-07
By: John Ortberg
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All the Places to Go...How Will You Know?
- God Has Placed Before You an Open Door. What Will You Do?
- By: John Ortberg
- Narrated by: Todd Busteed
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Very rarely in the Bible does God command someone to "stay". He opens a door, and then he invites us to walk through it—into the unknown. And how we choose to respond will ultimately determine the lives we will lead and the people we will become. In fact, to fail to embrace the open door is to miss the work God has made for us to do. In All the Places to Go...How Will You Know?, best-selling author John Ortberg opens our eyes to the countless doors God places before us every day.
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Really enjoyed this!
- By Tobi Stone on 07-20-16
By: John Ortberg
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The Scandal of the Kingdom
- How the Parables of Jesus Revolutionize Life with God
- By: Dallas Willard, John Mark Comer
- Narrated by: Bill Brooks
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Drawing from his extensive teachings on spiritual formation, Willard illuminates the timeless wisdom contained within each parable, revealing their profound relevance to contemporary life. With clarity and depth, he guides readers through the subversive messages embedded within these seemingly simple stories, urging us to break free from the grip of worldly values and embrace the radical teachings of Jesus. The Scandal of the Kingdom is not just a book—it's a call to action.
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Inspiring to action
- By laura on 11-18-24
By: Dallas Willard, and others
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Experience Jesus. Really
- Finding Refuge, Strength, and Wonder Through Everyday Encounters with God
- By: John Eldredge
- Narrated by: John Eldredge
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In this present age we are all becoming disciples of the Internet. We are addicted to distraction. We idolize our instant access to a never-ending avalanche of information. We think we're finally holding the keys to a better life. But if that's true, why are we wrestling with ever-increasing levels of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and despair? John Eldredge presents a powerful alternative to the soulless, disenchanted world we find ourselves living in today: the path of the ordinary mystic.
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Learning to commune with the Spirit of Christ with in you.
- By Amazon Customer on 03-06-25
By: John Eldredge
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Sacred Attachment
- Escaping Spiritual Exhaustion and Trusting in Divine Love
- By: Michael John Cusick
- Narrated by: Benjamin Fife
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Michael John Cusick voices the questions and contradictions that are inherently part of living an authentic spiritual faith. With raw honesty and vulnerability, he shares his own zigzagging path to God and reveals how brokenness and pain can become the gateway to experiencing joyful divine attachment. Because God's love has you, you can put aside fear and loneliness—and you can rest seen, soothed, safe, and secure in God's presence. Cusick's gentle, trauma-informed guidance lets you reimagine life with God in a way that repairs wounds and deeply satisfies your soul.
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The Right Words at the Right Time—A Healing Companion for the Journey
- By Amazon Customer on 04-25-25
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The Narrow Path
- How the Subversive Way of Jesus Satisfies Our Souls
- By: Rich Villodas
- Narrated by: Rich Villodas
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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We live in a culture that wants it all. More is seen as better. For those chasing this way of life, “narrow” seems negative. Who wants to narrow their options . . . or be seen as narrow-minded? Which is why the most well-known talk in the history of the world—the Sermon on the Mount—is also the most paradoxical one. In it, Jesus holds up the narrow path as the most spacious . . . and the broader path as the more confining one. Rich Villodas, bestselling author of The Deeply Formed Life, explores what today’s broad and narrow paths look like so you can discern which one you’re on.
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Enlightened
- By toni jenschke on 05-19-25
By: Rich Villodas
A very realistic understanding of the AA 12 steps.
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Gospel Steps Better Understood
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JO is gifted
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Ortberg brings a depth of wisdom and honesty that sets this book apart. He writes not just as a pastor or a teacher but as someone who has wrestled through pain and brokenness. His words aren’t just insightful, he lives them.
I truly believe this book has the potential to change how people, especially the church, understand the Twelve Steps. It is more than a recovery tool, it is a path to healing, freedom, and profound transformation for anyone willing to take it. Ortberg’s gift is in how he tells the story, weaving together truth, struggle, and hope in a way that pulls you in.
This book takes you to the hardest places but doesn’t leave you there. It walks you through the valleys and points you toward something greater. It is a journey worth taking, everyone should read this book.
12 Steps to Freedom
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There Is Hope
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Fantastic!
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Steps of Hope
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For 35 years since I heard his first message to today reading his most recent book.
It is usually at the time I am crying out to God the Father asking him why about what has gone so wrong, when along comes the familiar voice of John Ortberb. Reminding me I not perfect but I was perfectly made in Gods image. So after painful days of walking alone I reminded that I am never alone. I have learned over again as needed that I am a human, though I may be a sinner, I striving for perfection, and answers. Right when I need it most I get back on track by being real to the God that knows me better than myself. Johns message always feel sent to me for me by God himself.
- That is about the time I wish the book would not be coming to an end. Thank your life lesson for putting my head back on track living my life to serve our God.
Another message of exactly what I needed to hear.
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One of John’s best works
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