Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERGIf we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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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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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from 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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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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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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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