If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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 church is in the hope business.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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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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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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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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One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Your 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.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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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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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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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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 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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