The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Anand Thakur
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
JOHN ORTBERGPeace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
JOHN ORTBERGOur beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure 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.
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 ORTBERGThe decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.
JOHN ORTBERGMake your life about something bigger than your life.
JOHN ORTBERGGod 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 ORTBERGPassion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
JOHN ORTBERGYou can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
JOHN ORTBERGGod wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
JOHN ORTBERGHabits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERGOne reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERGThe harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
JOHN ORTBERGChurches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
JOHN ORTBERGWaiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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