God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERGSolitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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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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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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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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