For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Anand Thakur
For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGPeace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGWho you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
JOHN ORTBERGOver and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERGToday, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGGratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
JOHN ORTBERGThe main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
JOHN ORTBERGEvery day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
JOHN ORTBERGI am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERGThe reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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