Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
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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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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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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Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
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Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
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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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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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A bad sermon is like a car wreck – everyone slows down to see what happened.
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Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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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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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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