Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Anand Thakur
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERGEver console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
JOHN ORTBERGGod is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
JOHN ORTBERGThe character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
JOHN ORTBERGNobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
JOHN ORTBERGGoing in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERGLeadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
JOHN ORTBERGHabits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGIt’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
JOHN ORTBERGsometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
JOHN ORTBERGAt 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 ORTBERGOver and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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