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.
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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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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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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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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