The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGFor 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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The church is in the hope business.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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