There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGYou 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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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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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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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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