You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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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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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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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