If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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!
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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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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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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 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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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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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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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