The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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