“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 […]
“Faith is not about me getting what I want in my outer world; it’s about God getting what he wants in my inner world.”- John Ortberg “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.”- Zechariah 4:10 (NLT) John Ortberg continues Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go […]
In Chapter 4 of All the Places to Go, John Ortberg discusses statements people think are in the Bible but are not to be found there. One is: When God closes a door, he opens a window.” Pastor Ortberg points out that Mother Superior from The Sound of Music says that. The Bible says: “What […]
John Ortberg concludes Chapter 3 of All the Places to Go by stating that there are times when we become so obsessed with vocational open doors that we’re blind to relational open doors. Yet, every heart comes with a door. Pastor Ortberg emphasizes that one of the great gifts of life is having the door […]
As John Ortberg continues Chapter 3 of All the Places to Go, he posits that actually noticing people leads to open doors. He states: “Doors open when I actually notice and care about people I might otherwise overlook.” Pastor Ortberg relates a story he read about a woman who locked her keys in her car. […]