sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
JOHN ORTBERGNever try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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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.
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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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The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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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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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
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