We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERGToday, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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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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A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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