There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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 life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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