True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGThe only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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 church is in the hope business.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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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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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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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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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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