Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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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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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 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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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