Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERGI’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERGBiblically, 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.
JOHN ORTBERGThe problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
JOHN ORTBERGWise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERGTo 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.
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.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERGEver 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.
JOHN ORTBERGThe character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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.
JOHN ORTBERGPeace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGPeace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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