Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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