Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
JOHN ORTBERGMake your life about something bigger than your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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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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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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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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 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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