Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGWe must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Failure 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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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