Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERGSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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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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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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