For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
JOHN ORTBERGThe harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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