Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
JOHN ORTBERGThe harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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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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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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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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