You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
JOHN ORTBERGChurches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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 Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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The church is in the hope business.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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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.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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