Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGWe who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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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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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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God 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.
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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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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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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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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One 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.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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To 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.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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