223 Quotes by John Ortberg Jr.

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

Here’s the deal: The more you think you’re entitled to, the less you will be grateful for. The.

If I have the courage to acknowledge my limits and embrace them, I can experience enormous freedom. If I lack this courage, I will be imprisoned by them.

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.

Because you have been created by God as a unique person, his plan to grow you will not look the same as his plan to grow anyone else. What would grow an orchid would drown a cactus.

Self-improvement is no more God’s plan than self-salvation. God’s plan is not just for us to be saved by grace – it is for us to live by grace.

People would rather debate doctrine or beliefs or tradition or interpretation than actually do what Jesus said. It’s not rocket science. Just go do it. Practice loving a difficult person or try forgiving someone. Give away some money. Tell someone thank you. Encourage a friend. Bless an enemy. Say, “I’m sorry.” Worship God. You already know more than you need to know.

The most important thing about you,” Dallas would often say, “is not the things that you achieve; it is the person that you become.

When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it’s done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human.