The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERGWaiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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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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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 greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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