Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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 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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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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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