The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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.
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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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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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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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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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