Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
JOHN ORTBERGJesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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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.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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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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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.
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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.
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You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.
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The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God’s plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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.
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We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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