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.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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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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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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