The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
JOHN ORTBERGAcceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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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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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 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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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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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