What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.
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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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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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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.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.
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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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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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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.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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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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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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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.
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What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.
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