The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
JOHN ORTBERGArt 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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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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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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