It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
JOHN ORTBERGWho you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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