You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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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.
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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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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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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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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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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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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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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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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