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John Ortberg Jr.

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May 05, 1957 in Rockford, Illinois, The United States

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John Ortberg, Jr. is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and is Senior Pastor at Menlo Park Prebyterian Church, a 4,000-member church Northern California with campuses in Menlo Park, Mountain View, and San Mateo.

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Average rating: 3.97 · 8,092 ratings · 915 reviews · 12 distinct works

	If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat by John Ortberg, Sheila Walsh 4.04 avg rating — 2,548 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You 3.96 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Faith & Doubt 3.99 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	God Is Closer Than You Think: If God Is Always with Us, Why Is He So Hard to Find? 3.96 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Masterful Leadership: Leading Like Jesus by John Ortberg Jr., Henry T. Blackaby, Bob Buford 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Living the God Life: Finding God's Extraordinary Love in Your Ordinary Life by John Ortberg, Inspirio (Manufactured by) 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People 3.95 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 1997 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Old Testament Challenge: Creating a New Community: Life-Changing Stories from the Pentateuch (Old Testament Challenge, Vol. 1) by John Ortberg, Kevin G. Harney, Sherry Harney 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them 3.84 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Love Beyond Reason: Moving God's Love from Your Head to Your Heart 3.96 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:

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“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.”
― John Ortberg Jr., The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

tags: doubt , fear , friendship , holy-spirit , humanity , mind , peace , spirituality , thinking , worry

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“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 Jr., The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

tags: faith , god , repentance , self-esteem , self-worth , sin , spirituality , worth

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“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.”
― John Ortberg Jr., The Me I Want to Be: Becoming God's Best Version of You

tags: faith , god , mind , power , prayer , problems , spirituality , worry

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