God Quote by John Ortberg — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.”

“To love someone is to desire and work toward their becoming the best version of themselves. The one person in all the universe who can do this perfectly for you is God.”

“If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.”

“Every day you and I walk through God's shop. Every day we brush up against objects of incalculable worth to Him. People. Every one of them carries a price tag, if only we could see it.”

“The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God.”

“God is so immense that if he were 'too visible,' people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.”

“As we grow in the knowledge of God's holiness, even though we are growing in the practice of holiness, it seems the gap between our knowledge and our practice always gets wider. This is the Holy Spirit's way of drawing us to more and more holiness.”

“Stand in the Word of God. It will give you victory over the toughest storms.”

“On the subject of who is to blame for our disunity - “The easy conclusion- that”

“I once had a dream; human was a chosen beast,”

“God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.”

“Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day. Are you there? he whispered. Will I see you at the last? Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? Oh God, he whispered, Oh God.”