The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERGGreatness is never achieved through indecision.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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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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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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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The church is in the hope business.
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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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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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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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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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