Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
JOHN ORTBERGGrace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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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.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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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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