Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERGThe main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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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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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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The church is in the hope business.
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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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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.
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