Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERGOver and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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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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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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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day 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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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