Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
JOHN ORTBERGYour world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Passion 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.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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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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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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