The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERGSpiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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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 possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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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.
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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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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