Life Quotes by John Ortberg

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg

“The best place to start doing life with God is in small moments.”

— John Ortberg

Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.

— John Ortberg

The primary goal of spiritual life is human transformation.

— John Ortberg

You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

— John Ortberg

The good news as Jesus preached it is not just about the minimal entrance requirements for getting into heaven when you die.…

— John Ortberg

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

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

— John Ortberg

Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate.…

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg

“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.”

— John Ortberg

As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a…

— John Ortberg

Jesus viewed his own destiny - to be glorified in and through death - as an expression of a kind of cosmic…

— John Ortberg

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar…

— John Ortberg

Being deeply contented with God in my everyday life is a focused attitude. It is always available. It means practicing letting go…

— John Ortberg

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of…

— John Ortberg

The human longings that are deep inside of us never go away. They exist across cultures; they exist throughout life. When people…

— John Ortberg

The life of Abraham Lincoln is by most accounts an amazing study in character formation. Yet he was notoriously disorganized; he even…

— John Ortberg

As much as we complain about it, though, there's part of us that is drawn to a hurried life. It makes us…

— John Ortberg

“The “with God” life is not a life of more religious activities or devotions or trying to be good. It is a…

— John Ortberg

Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is…

— John Ortberg

“A paradox of the soul is that it is incapable of satisfying itself, but it is also incapable of living without satisfaction.…

— John Ortberg

“The soul without a center finds its identity in externals. My temptation when my soul is not centered in God is to…

— John Ortberg

“surrender is the glad and voluntary acknowledgment that there is a God and it is not me. His purposes are often wiser…

— John Ortberg

“The greatest moment of your life is now. Not because it's pleasant or happy or easy, but because this moment is the…

— John Ortberg

“People will look different when I see them with God. People are a huge part of the “with God” life, because we…

— John Ortberg

“Gordon MacDonald once wrote about how what he called the “sinkhole syndrome” happens in a human life. It may be triggered by…

— John Ortberg

Have wise, godly people speak into your life with love and truth.

— John Ortberg

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.

— John Ortberg

Make your life about something bigger than your life.

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg

In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.

— John Ortberg

To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience…

— John Ortberg

“If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If your soul is unhealthy, no external circumstance can redeem…

— John Ortberg

My main job is to live with deep contentment, joy, and confidence in my everyday experience of life with God. Everything else…

— John Ortberg

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

— John Ortberg

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

— John Ortberg