John Ortberg Quotes - Page 6

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• I'm more concerned about who you're becoming than what you're doing.

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  Leadership, Christian, Church

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• Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.

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  Blessing, Two, Mind

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.147, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

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  Grit, Aimlessness, Fruitful Life

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• You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

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  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.82, Harper Collins

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• Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.

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  Jesus, Thinking, Rights

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• Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?

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  Jesus, Real, Men

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• Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

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  New Life, Resurrection, Prerequisites

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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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  Lying, Son, Sunday

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• You have a "turn" every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

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  Opportunity, Choices, Tiny

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• At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.

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  Christian, Jesus, Heart

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• Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

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  Passion, Volcanoes, Waiting

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.225, Harper Collins

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• The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.

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  Character, Darkness, Doubt

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.209, Harper Collins

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• The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people were first made, our deepest longing was to know and be known. And after the Fall, when we all got weird, it's still our deepest longing - but it's now also our deepest fear.

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  Fall, People, Going Away

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• The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!

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  People, Broken, Needs

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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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  Spiritual, Suffering, Might

  John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.136, Harper Collins

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• I don't have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else's lap doesn't just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive.

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  Wise, Leaving, Lazy

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• Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

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  Mean, Serenity, Doubt

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• Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.

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  Our Actions, Belief, Guides

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.21, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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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  Done, Nagging, Should

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.16, Zondervan

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• Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

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  Mind, Firsts, Norm

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• We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

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  Espresso, Followers, Sovereign

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.250, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.

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  Strikes, Harder, Deeper

  John Ortberg (2010). “Know Doubt: The Importance of Embracing Uncertainty in Your Faith (Large Print 16pt)”, p.82, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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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  Grateful, Sometimes, Realizing

  John Ortberg (2008). “When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box”, p.151, Zondervan

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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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  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

  John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God’s counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

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  Mean, Devil, Dozen

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