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.
JOHN ORTBERGGreatness is never achieved through indecision.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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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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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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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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.
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