If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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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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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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 good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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