The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERGThe good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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