A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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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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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 goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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I 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.
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