True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
JOHN ORTBERGThe harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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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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The church is in the hope business.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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