What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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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 only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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