Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
JOHN ORTBERGThe possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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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It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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