Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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 only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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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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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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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.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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