True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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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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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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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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