Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Anand Thakur
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERGJoylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGWe may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERGSkeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
JOHN ORTBERGIf 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.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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 ORTBERGA 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.
JOHN ORTBERGSpiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
JOHN ORTBERGReal question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
JOHN ORTBERGTo become truly free, you must surrender.
JOHN ORTBERGDisciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERGSignificance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
JOHN ORTBERGGod sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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