It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
JOHN ORTBERGSkepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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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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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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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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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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