Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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 ORTBERGThe ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERGIn reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERGWe who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
JOHN ORTBERGEver console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGWe’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
JOHN ORTBERGGod wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus gave the world its most influential movement.
JOHN ORTBERGThere is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
JOHN ORTBERGThe good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
JOHN ORTBERGThe goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
JOHN ORTBERGImagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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