Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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 Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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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.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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