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.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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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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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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