The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERGTo love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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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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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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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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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The church is in the hope business.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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