The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERGWhen we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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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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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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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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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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