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John Ortberg Quotes: "The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become."

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



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

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




John Ortberg Quotes: "Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have."

Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.



John Ortberg Quotes: "What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become."

What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you become.




John Ortberg Quotes: "The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life."

The decision to grow always involves a choice between risk and comfort. This means that to be a follower of Jesus, you must renounce comfort as the ultimate value of your life.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around."

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.




John Ortberg Quotes: "When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior."

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer."

Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.



John Ortberg Quotes: "It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy."

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances."

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




John Ortberg Quotes: "Imagine watching all that God might have done with your life if you had let him."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Who you become while you're waiting is as important as what you're waiting for."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them."

Jesus ... associated with the outcasts; he spoke with them, touched them, ate with them, loved them.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’"

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality."

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation."

Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him."

Jesus is mysterious not just because of what we don't know about him, but because of what we do know about him.



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.



John Ortberg Quotes: "If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.



John Ortberg Quotes: "We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?"

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "The greatest moment of your life is now. This moment is God's irreplaceable gift to you."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Habits eat good intentions for breakfast."

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life."

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Make your life about something bigger than your life."

Make your life about something bigger than your life.



John Ortberg Quotes: "True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace."

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.



John Ortberg Quotes: "God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted."

God wishes to be seen, wishes to be sought, wishes to be expected, and wishes to be trusted.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Grace is the offer of God's ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life."

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.



John Ortberg Quotes: "We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "For the soul to be well, it needs to be with God."

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



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

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Prayer allows us to wait without worry."

Prayer allows us to wait without worry.



John Ortberg Quotes: "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."

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.



John Ortberg Quotes: "To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God."

To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.



John Ortberg Quotes: "There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender."

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



John Ortberg Quotes: "Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus."

Too often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.



John Ortberg Quotes: "The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people."

The ministry of bearing with one another is learning to hear God speak through difficult people.



John Ortberg Quotes: "Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one."

Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.



John Ortberg Quotes: "We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign."

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.