In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERGSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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 am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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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