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.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The 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.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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