When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
JOHN ORTBERGIt’s better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.
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I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
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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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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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The harder you strike it, the deeper it goes.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer 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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God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
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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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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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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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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!
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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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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Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don’t have.
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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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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.
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Acceptance 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.
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Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.
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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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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.
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