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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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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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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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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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