God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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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We 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.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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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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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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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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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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