“When I say life is too short to play it safe all the time, . . . it’s really about making life an adventuresome partnership with God.”- John Ortberg In Chapter 12 (“Roll the Dice”) of When the Game is Over, John Ortberg weighs in on what he considers the most dangerous household object. The […]
“We actually receive greater power by surrendering. . . . There is only so much that willpower can accomplish.”- John Ortberg “All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.”- Matthew 5:37 (NIV) John Ortberg concludes Chapter 6 of When the Game is Over as he […]
“We live for what is right in front of us, while God is ever so gently calling us toward the unseen.”- Sara Hagerty As Sara Hagerty continues Chapter 1 of Unseen, she notes that often most of our attention focuses on obvious accomplishments. Yet, in her quiet time of beautiful waste, Sara realized she must […]
“We are pressing into maturity both in our own character and in our partnership with God.”- John Eldredge In Chapter 12 (“Listening Prayer”) of Moving Mountains, John Eldredge writes that “the single most-significant decision that has changed my prayer life more than any other, the one step that has brought about greater results than all […]
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father […]