We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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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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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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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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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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