John Ortberg
"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."
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"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."
"الله عظيم لدرجة أنه لو كان "مرئياً جداً"، لأذعن الناس قسراً دون أن تعبر قلوبهم. لذا، وفي محبة عظيمة، أتاح الله لنا أن نعيش وكأنه غير موجود."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God."
"أن تحب أحدهم هو أن ترغب في أن يصبح أفضل نسخة من ذاته، وتسعى لذلك. والشخص الوحيد في الكون بأسره القادر على تحقيق ذلك لك على أكمل وجه هو الله."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father."
"إن غاية الصلاة هي أن أحيا حياتي كلها وأن أنطق بجميع كلماتي في وعيٍ مبهج بحضور الله. وتغدو الصلاة حقيقةً ملموسةً حين ندرك حقيقة وصلاح حضور الله الدائم مع كينونتي الأصيلة. لقد عاش المسيح حياته اليومية في وعيٍ تام بأبيه."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer."
"تستحوذ علينا همومنا حين يرتفع منسوب ضعفنا ويتضاءل إحساسنا بالقوة. فاجعل من كل مشكلة اليوم دعوةً إلى الصلاة."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"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."
"يُقنعني تدني تقديري لذاتي بأنني عديم القيمة إلى الحد الذي يجعل استجابتي لا تُحدث فرقًا. لكن بالتوبة، أدرك أن قيمتي العظيمة عند الله هي ما يجعل استجابتي بالغة الأهمية. التوبة عملٌ علاجيٌّ لإصلاح عقولنا وقلوبنا التي أعوجها الإثم."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a tool of the Spirit to cast out fear -- because peace and fear are both contagious."
"لا تقلق وحدك أبدًا. عندما يستبد القلق بذهني، فإنه يتوالد ذاتيًا. تتكاثر الأفكار المقلقة أسرع من الأرانب، لذا فإن إحدى أقوى الطرق لوقف دوامة القلق هي ببساطة أن أبوح بقلقي لصديق... فمجرد طمأنة من إنسان آخر [تصبح] أداة للروح لطرد الخوف — لأن السلام والخوف كلاهما معدٍ."
John Ortberg
The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You
"Politics, after all, is largely about power. And power goes to the core of our issues of control and narcissism and need to be right and tendency to divide the human race into 'us' vs. 'them."
"السياسة، في جوهرها، تدور حول السلطة. والسلطة تمس صميم قضايانا المتعلقة بالتحكم والنرجسية والحاجة إلى أن نكون على صواب، وميلنا لتقسيم البشر إلى "نحن" و"هم"."
John Ortberg
"For most 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. We will just skim our lives instead of actually living them."
John Ortberg
"God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character."
"لقد ائتمننا الله على أثمن كنوزه – البشر. يطلب منا أن نرعاهم ونشكلهم لنغدو تلاميذ أقوياء، ذوي إيمان شجاع وخلق حسن."
John Ortberg
"I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an appreciation for the gift of opposition. When it comes, I learn something about my motives. When it comes, I get to test my courage."
John Ortberg
"Churches need to figure out how they will address the spiritual lives of their staffs and leadership teams."
"يتوجب على الكنائس أن تتبين كيف ستعالج الحياة الروحية لموظفيها وفرق قيادتها."
John Ortberg
"Amusement' is appealing because we don't have to think it spares us the fear and anxiety that might otherwise prey on our thoughts."
"إن التسلية آسرة لأنها تعفينا من عناء التفكير، وتجنبنا الخوف والقلق اللذين قد ينهشان عقولنا."
John Ortberg
"This much I have learned: human beings come with very different sets of wiring, different interests, different temperaments, different learning styles, different gifts, different temptations. These differences are tremendously important in the spiritual formation of human beings."
"تعلّمتُ هذا القدر: البشر يأتون بأسلاكٍ مختلفةٍ جدًا، اهتماماتٍ متباينة، طباعٍ شتى، أساليب تعلّمٍ متغايرة، مواهبَ متنوعة، وإغراءاتٍ متباينة. هذه الفروقات ذات أهميةٍ بالغةٍ في التكوين الروحي للبشر."
John Ortberg
"Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds."
"حب المعرفة قاد إلى الأديرة، التي غدت مهدًا للجامعات."
John Ortberg
"Jesus is why women have traveled continents, spent decades learning a strange language so they could translate the Gospel, planting churches, caring for the sick, educating the illiterate, and marching for the oppressed."
"المسيح هو السبب الذي لأجله جابت النساء القارات، وأمضين عقوداً في تعلم لغات غريبة لترجمة الإنجيل، وغرس الكنائس، ورعاية المرضى، وتعليم الأميين، والمسير من أجل المظلومين."
John Ortberg
"Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus."
John Ortberg
"Learning something new is a fabulous way to be refreshed. When work can grind you down, something about learning a new activity thrills the soul. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your desk and your to-do list."
John Ortberg
"When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human."
John Ortberg
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