Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
JOHN ORTBERGFor the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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