One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERGYour 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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The church is in the hope business.
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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with 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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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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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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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