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.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Acceptance 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.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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