Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
JOHN ORTBERGPassion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt. It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up – as we do what is expected of us, and then some.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Greatness is never achieved through indecision.
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Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam’s fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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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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Jesus associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.
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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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Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.
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We’d like to be humble…but what if no one notices?
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The Holy Spirit will lead you to be with people as Jesus would be with them if He were in your place.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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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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Make your life about something bigger than your life.
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Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
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