Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
JOHN ORTBERGNobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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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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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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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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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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