black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

John Ortberg

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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Desire God Love Perfection Person Universe Work
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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
JOHN ORTBERG

Deep Greatness Hurry Illusion Time
One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
JOHN ORTBERG

Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More John Ortberg Quotes