The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERGNobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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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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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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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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