Quotes from John Ortberg
The Holy Spirit says: You are it. You are God's plan. In a thirsty world, people need to be refreshed. It is a broken world, and people need to be healed. Now get out there and do it!
- John Ortberg
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
Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.
- John Ortberg
God has entrusted us with his most precious treasure - people. He asks us to shepherd and mold them into strong disciples, with brave faith and good character.
- John Ortberg
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
- John Ortberg
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
- John Ortberg
The church is in the hope business.
- John Ortberg
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
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
- John Ortberg
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.
- John Ortberg
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
- John Ortberg
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.
- John Ortberg