John Ortberg Quotes

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

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

To become truly free, you must surrender.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.

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

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

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.

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

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