“Having fewer problems is not living. It’s dying.”- Ichak Adizes Today John Ortberg discusses the fourth way God’s wisdom can lead us to, as well as help us through, open doors we encounter. 4. What’s your problem? Pastor Ortberg observes that each of us will be defined by our biggest problem: “Your identity is defined […]
“Whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all.”- Galatians 6:10 (NRSV) “Never try to choose the right course of action in the wrong frame of mind.”- John Ortberg John Ortberg continues his discussion of some ways God’s wisdom can lead us to, as well as help us through, open doors […]
Today John Ortberg begins his discussion of eight ways God’s wisdom can lead us to, as well as help us through, open doors we encounter- as found in Chapter 5 of All the Places to Go. 1. Stop waiting for a spontaneous outburst of passion. Andy Chan, who heads up the Office of Personal and […]
Making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding.”- Proverbs 2:2 John Ortberg continues Chapter 5 of All the Places to Go by noting that as we go through doors, we find the person we’ve become on the other side of those doors. Pastor Ortberg adds that the Bible has a word […]
“If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.”- James 1:5 (NRSV) In Chapter 5 (Door #1 or Door #2) of All the Places to Go, John Ortberg tackles the question of choosing the right door. For example, when facing prolonged […]
“Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me.”- Revelation 3:20 (NRSV) Today John Ortberg concludes his presentation of ten common myths about doors in Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go. 9. […]
“Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”- Psalm 32:9 John Ortberg presents common myths seven and eight about doors, as found in Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go. 7. God can never […]
Today John Ortberg discusses common myths five and six about doors in Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go. 5. There is always a right door for every decision. Pastor Ortberg quips that we’ll never make it past breakfast if we buy into this myth. When we wear spiritual blinders, we have tunnel vision […]
“Therefore, as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”- Colossians 2:6-7 “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”- Confucius My freshman year at Luther High School South […]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the Lord . . .”- Jeremiah 35:1-2 In today’s blog John Ortberg discusses the fourth (of […]
“But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door of effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.”- 1 Corinthians 16:9 “Easy doesn’t come from the outside. It comes from the inside.”- John Ortberg In Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go, John Ortberg presents the third common […]
“God is a door opener, but he is not a celestial enabler.”- John Ortberg “Even as he [God] chose us in him [Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.”- Ephesians 1:4 Today John Ortberg addresses the second common myth about doors in Chapter 4 of All […]