When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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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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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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 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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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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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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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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