You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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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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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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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 ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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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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