There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGI hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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