Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
JOHN ORTBERGA boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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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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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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