I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERGIf you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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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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