Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
JOHN ORTBERGSignificance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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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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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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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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