Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power.… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I… — 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
![“Never worry alone. When anxiety grabs my mind, it is self-perpetuating. Worrisome thoughts reproduce faster than rabbits, so one of the most powerful ways to stop the spiral of worry is simply to disclose my worry to a friend... The simple act of reassurance from another human being [becomes] a…” quote by John Ortberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/487/john-ortberg-932_anxiety_never-worry-alone-when-anxiety-grabs-my_3068051.jpg)
