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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Anand Thakur
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.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERGGod is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERGThe church is in the hope business.
JOHN ORTBERGOne reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERGJesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
JOHN ORTBERGArt is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERGThe test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
JOHN ORTBERGWillpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
JOHN ORTBERGYour Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGThe reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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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