The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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