We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus gave the world its most influential movement.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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