If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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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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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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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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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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The church is in the hope business.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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