God is never a God of discouragement. When you have a discouraging spirit or train of thought in your mind, you can be sure it is not from God. He sometimes brings pain to his children-conviction over sin, or repentance over fallenness, or challenges that scare us, or visions of his holiness that overwhelm us. But God never brings discouragement.
Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him. - John Ortberg
Never try to have more faith - just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you'll trust Him.
- John Ortberg
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer. - John Ortberg
Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become. - John Ortberg
The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you b… - John Ortberg
What repeatedly enters your mind and occupies your mind, eventually shapes your mind, and will ultimately express itself in what you do and who you b…
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. - John Ortberg
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices. - John Ortberg
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances. - John Ortberg
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have. - John Ortberg
Love and hurry are fundamentally incompatible. Love always takes time, and time is the one thing hurried people don't have.
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’ - John Ortberg
The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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