God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
JOHN ORTBERGYou 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.
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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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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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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When 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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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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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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