Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
JOHN ORTBERGOne of the great illusions of our time is that hurrying will buy us more time.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to “seeking first the kingdom.”
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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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To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.
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Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.
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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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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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