Make your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERGWaiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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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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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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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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.
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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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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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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 says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see 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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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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