Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Gratitude does not always come naturally. You will not always feel grateful. But you can take the time each day to remember… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The only true and lasting inspiration for life is genuine love for God, and submitted gratitude that I get to be a… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Gratitude is what we radiate when we experience grace, and the soul was made to run on grace the way a 747… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
sometimes we do not realize how much we have to be grateful for until it is threatened. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Your soul connects your thoughts and your sensations and your gratitude and your will and sends a message to your entire being.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The single dynamic that helps people be most aware of God and most experiencing the fruit of the Spirit is gratitude. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
To become grateful, I must learn that I can handle disappointment and delayed gratification with grace and perseverance. This is why practices… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I have given up the idea that there is an opposition-free church out there. But I have gained something else - an… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“What do we do in the dark night? We do nothing. We wait. We remember that we are not God. We hold on. We… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship,… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Will you keep going when you don't know why? When you can't get any answers that would make the pain go away, will you… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
From ancient times, the core idea of the soul is the soul is the capacity to integrate different functions into a single being or… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.” — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
“The most important thing about you,” Dallas would often say, “is not the things that you achieve; it is the person that you become.” — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
