Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
JOHN ORTBERGThe possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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Prayer allows us to wait without worry.
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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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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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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Who you become while you’re waiting is as important as what you’re waiting for.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
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Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done – like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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