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.
JOHN ORTBERGGod 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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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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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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