The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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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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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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To 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.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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