Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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