You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERGThe greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don’t know about him, but because of what we do know about him.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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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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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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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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Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.
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God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure – people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even had a file in his law office labeled If you can’t find it anywhere else, try looking here.
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It’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
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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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