John Ortberg on anand thakur
John Ortberg129 quotes“God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.”
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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.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg 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.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg A boss who interrupts an employee a lot is called an extrovert, whereas an employee who interrupts a boss too often is called an ex-employee.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
John OrtbergJohn Ortberg Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
Francois RabelaisFrancois Rabelais Slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.
Aditi ShankardassAditi Shankardass Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved his previous best-seller.
Anne CarsonAnne Carson A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
PindarPindar The fool too late, his substance eaten up, reckons the cost.
PlautusPlautus Good things soon find a purchaser.
PlautusPlautus When you’re all burned up, then you become light.
Adi DaAdi Da Nixon is finding out there are no tails on an Eisenhower jacket.
Adlai Stevenson IIAdlai Stevenson II