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.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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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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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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