Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The church is in the hope business.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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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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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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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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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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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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