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.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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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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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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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.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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