What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.
JOHN ORTBERGThe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
-
-
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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 -
One of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
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 -
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
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 -
The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG -
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.
JOHN ORTBERG -
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERG -
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
JOHN ORTBERG