God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERGGoing in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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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 may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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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 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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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