One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERGWe may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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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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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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