Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERGWe 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
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Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.
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You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.
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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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The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.
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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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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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The church is in the hope business.
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Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.
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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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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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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
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The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die. It is about the glorious redemption of human life-your life.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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For many of us the great danger is not that we will renounce our faith. It is that we will become so distracted and rushed and preoccupied that we will settle for a mediocre version of it.
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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 reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Every day you and I walk through God’s shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.
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There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they’re useful to you and being someone’s friend.
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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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