We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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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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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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