Waiting on the Lord is a confident, disciplined, expectant, active, sometimes painful clinging to God.
JOHN ORTBERGAcceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it’s a very good thing they are alive.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.
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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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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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