Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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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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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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