If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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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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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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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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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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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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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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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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