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.
JOHN ORTBERGYour 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.
More John Ortberg Quotes
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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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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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The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.
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God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
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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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Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.
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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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Real question is not who was this man (Jesus), but who is this man?
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Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
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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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Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
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