Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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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 most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The church is in the hope business.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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