True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGWho you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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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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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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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