Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
JOHN ORTBERGImagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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