For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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You 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.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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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The 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.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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