223 Quotes by John Ortberg Jr.

Ask God to make your work go well today.

Self-improveme nt is no more God’s plan than self-salvation.

Once you’re a little bit to the side, God can come to the center.

To paraphrase a line from a movie: There will be great pain, and there will be great joy. In the end, joy wins. So if joy has not yet won, it is not yet the end. Jesus is crucified. The pain is overwhelming – not the end. Jesus is risen – the joy is overwhelming.

Our world has replaced the word soul with the word self, and they are not the same thing. The more we focus on our selves, the more we neglect our souls.

If I think God’s aim is to produce rule-followers, spiritual growth will always be an obligation rather than a desire of my heart.

Your soul connects your thoughts and your sensations and your gratitude and your will and sends a message to your entire being. You can send that message to other persons; you can send it to God.