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.

John Ortberg

Related Topics

God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.

JOHN ORTBERG

God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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!
JOHN ORTBERG

Holy Refreshment
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

JOHN ORTBERG

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.

JOHN ORTBERG

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.

JOHN ORTBERG

Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
JOHN ORTBERG
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.

JOHN ORTBERG

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.
JOHN ORTBERG

News Preach
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

JOHN ORTBERG

Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
JOHN ORTBERG
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

JOHN ORTBERG

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The character of the faith that allows us to be transformed by suffering and darkness is not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.
JOHN ORTBERG

Doubt Obedience Transformation
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.

JOHN ORTBERG

When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
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.

JOHN ORTBERG

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.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

JOHN ORTBERG

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.

JOHN ORTBERG

Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
JOHN ORTBERG

Anand Thakur
Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

JOHN ORTBERG

Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
JOHN ORTBERG

Hurry Schedule

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.

Related Topics

More John Ortberg Quotes