Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERGThe Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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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.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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