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JOHN ORTBERGThe Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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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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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The church is in the hope business.
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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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes 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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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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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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