Solitude is the one place where we can gain freedom from the forces of society that will otherwise relentlessly mold us. Solitude requires relentless perseverance.
JOHN ORTBERGFor many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.
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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 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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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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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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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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To become truly free, you must surrender.
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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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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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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 church is in the hope business.
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There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.
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One of the most painful aspects of suffering is the loneliness of it. Others may offer support or empathy, but no one can walk the road to Moriah in our place.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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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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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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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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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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