Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERGA 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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If 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.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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The church is in the hope business.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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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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