The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGGod wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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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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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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