The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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 only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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