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.
JOHN ORTBERGTrue repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Both hope and pessimism are deeply contagious. And no one is more infectious than a leader.
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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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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 problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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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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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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If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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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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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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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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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Failure 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.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
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