John Ortberg Quotes, Thoughts and Images

Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.

The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.

Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.

If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.

Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances.

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.

We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.

Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.

For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God.

God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.

To become truly free, you must surrender.

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

We'd like to be humble but what if no one notices?

The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.

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.

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.

What matters is not the accomplishments you achieve; what matters is the person you become.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for.

The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you.

There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender.

There is a world of difference between being friendly to someone because they're useful to you and being someone's friend.

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.