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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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