Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGWe’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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