A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
JOHN ORTBERGChurches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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 possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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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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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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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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