The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Anand Thakur
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERGHabits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERGGratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
JOHN ORTBERGA bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
JOHN ORTBERGWe are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
JOHN ORTBERGThe test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERGDisciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERGGrace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGWe tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGSloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
JOHN ORTBERGAt the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
JOHN ORTBERGYou must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERGThe most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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