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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

John Ortberg

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERG

Expectation God Trust
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERG

Body Known Love
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
JOHN ORTBERG

Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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!
JOHN ORTBERG

God Healing Holy Planning Refreshment Spirit
$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
JOHN ORTBERG

Achievement Decision Greatness
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.

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