You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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Anand Thakur
You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERGHurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERGIf we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
JOHN ORTBERGFor the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
JOHN ORTBERGIt’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
JOHN ORTBERGYour world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERGJoylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
JOHN ORTBERGAs long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
JOHN ORTBERGGenuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERGLove and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERGThe character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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