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 ORTBERGNever try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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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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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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 most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.
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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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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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