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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.

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.

John Ortberg
Heart, Acceptance, Thinking
John Ortberg (2009). “Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them”, p.116, Harper Collins

I need to learn. Joy is at the heart of God's plan for human beings. The reason for this is worth pondering awhile: Joy is at the heart of God himself. We will never understand the significance of joy in human life until we understand its importance to God. I suspect that most of us seriously underestimate God's capacity for joy.

John Ortberg
Heart, Joy, Needs
John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.65, Harper Collins

Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

John Ortberg
Heart, Schedules
John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.84, Harper Collins

At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

John Ortberg
Spiritual, Jesus, Heart
John Ortberg (1997). “The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.100, Harper Collins

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.

John Ortberg
Self Esteem, Believe, Heart

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

John Ortberg
Christian, Jesus, Heart

God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.

John Ortberg
Heart, People, Giving

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