If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGTo become truly free, you must surrender.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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 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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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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