The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
JOHN ORTBERGEvery human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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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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