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.
JOHN ORTBERGFailure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God’s irreplaceable gift to you.
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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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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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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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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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.
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Peace doesn’t come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
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Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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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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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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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
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Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.
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Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
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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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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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