The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERGTo become truly free, you must surrender.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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