Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGIf 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.
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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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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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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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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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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