When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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 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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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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