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Become New with John Ortberg

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Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.

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RR. How to Be Strong AND Vulnerable (feat. Alan George)

Monday, October 5, 2026 • Duration 11:10

Can you lead with authority and still be genuinely vulnerable? Many of us treat those qualities as opposites. If we want to be strong, we assume we need to protect ourselves from being hurt. But in this conversation with Alan George, John Ortberg offers another picture of leadership.

Drawing on Andy Crouch’s Strong and Weak, John explains that authority and vulnerability are two distinct qualities. Jesus held both. He acted with authority and willingly opened himself to pain for the sake of love. John and Alan explore the temptation to avoid that kind of openness, including the subtle habit of sharing stories that sound vulnerable while keeping what matters hidden.

The conversation then turns toward genuine change. Why can we know what we’re supposed to do and still struggle to become different people? John reflects on Dallas Willard’s The Spirit of the Disciplines and the honesty found in recovery communities: admitting our need can open us to help we could never manufacture for ourselves.

Where might you be protecting an image of strength? And what could become possible if you brought that part of your life into the light?

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RR. I'm Struggling to Find God

Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 14:18

What do you do when God seems absent from your story?

Maybe you still pray, read Scripture, and show up, but the closeness you once felt is gone. Does that mean you’ve done something wrong? Has God left?

John Ortberg explores those questions through John of the Cross, the sixteenth-century spiritual writer associated with the phrase dark night of the soul. John explains that this phrase can mean something more specific than a difficult season: a time when the pleasure and reassurance someone once found in spiritual practices seem to fade. For some, John of the Cross believed, that season can become part of learning to love and trust God more deeply.

Through the image of a weaned child in Psalm 131, John asks what it means to remain with God even when we are not receiving the comfort we want. He also remembers learning to ride a bike as his father ran beside him. When his father let go, the support felt different, but his father had not abandoned him.

If God feels hard to find right now, you do not need to manufacture a spiritual feeling today. You can bring your honest experience to him and ask for the grace to wait.

Scripture: Psalm 131:1–3

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RR. Billions Invested in Leadership but Where are All the Good Leaders?

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 • Duration 11:59

Everybody wants to make a difference. We spend billions developing leaders, and schools, businesses, and churches all talk about raising up the next generation of them. But when Jesus began the movement that would change countless lives, his invitation was just two words: “Follow me.”

In this episode, John Ortberg asks what it really means to be a follower of Jesus. He challenges the idea that followers are passive or weak. A follower of Jesus can be courageous, curious, persistent, and willing to learn through mistakes. Following means letting Jesus shape the way we think, see, love, and act.

John also makes the invitation wonderfully concrete: Do one thing today simply because Jesus said to do it. Forgive someone. Refuse to judge. Offer kindness where you’ve felt hostility. Give your time or resources in service of someone else. What might change if, for one moment today, you let Jesus lead?

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0:00 Why is everyone talking about leadership?
2:42 The leadership industry
3:52 Are all these leaders making things better?
5:01 What does it mean to be a leader?
6:06 Jesus’ invitation: “Follow me”
6:27 Reclaiming the word “follower”
7:21 Jesus follows the Father
8:24 What a follower of Jesus looks like
8:48 If you follow, stay behind him
9:47 Move at Jesus’ pace10:15 Do one thing because Jesus said to

RR. We asked 1,000 people which habits they wish they could break.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 • Duration 13:12

Is there a habit you keep trying to break, or one you wish you could finally build? You’re in good company.

When John Ortberg asked the Become New community about their habits, more than a thousand people responded. They named struggles with worry, anger, procrastination, screen time, negative self-talk, and much more. Some felt too ashamed even to say what their hardest habit was.

Into that struggle, Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” But then he invites us to take on his yoke. How can a yoke, an instrument of work, lead to rest?

John explores the difference between exhausting yourself with willpower and learning a way of life from Jesus. Drawing on Dallas Willard and BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits, he shows how motivation, ability, and prompts shape what we do. Sometimes a meaningful change begins with something as small as moving your phone out of the bedroom or putting away one book at the end of the day.

What’s one habit you’d like to change? Bring it to Jesus without shame, and consider one small step you could take today.

Scripture: Matthew 11:28–30; Mark 12:30

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0:00 The habits we want to change
1:27 You are not alone in this struggle
2:02 Jesus’ invitation to the weary
2:47 The easy yoke versus willpower3:32 How habits make action easier4:13 Motivation, ability, and prompts6:31 Why some habits stick7:42 Making an unwanted habit harder8:39 Making a good habit easier10:38 Choose one small change

RR. How to Handle Your LIMIT

Monday, September 28, 2026 • Duration 12:48

What do you do with a part of yourself you wish you could change?

Maybe you feel limited by your personality, your abilities, your age, or something your body can’t do. It’s easy to compare yourself with someone else and believe that if you just tried harder, you could finally become enough.

In this episode, John Ortberg invites us to practice radical acceptance of our limitations. Moses, Gideon, Jeremiah, and Abraham each had reasons to think they weren’t the right person for what God was asking. Yet their limitations did not limit God. John explores how humility can open us to wonder, why Jesus chose to embrace the limits of human life, and what Paul means when he says we carry treasure in “jars of clay.”

What limitation have you been fighting? Today, consider what it would mean to offer it to God as a place where you might meet him.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6–7; Exodus 4:10–12; Judges 6:12–15; Jeremiah 1:6–8; John 1:14

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0:00 I can’t, but God can
0:47 What limitation frustrates you?
2:13 From rejection to acceptance
3:06 Why trying harder isn’t always the answer
3:54 Your limitations don’t limit God
5:10 Humility, wonder, and the sublime
7:18 The people God chooses
8:50 Jesus chose human limitation
10:20 Treasure in jars of clay11:10 Offer your limitation to God

Psalms Bonus! What Happens When Someone Really Listens to You

Friday, September 25, 2026 • Duration 08:37

What happens when someone really listens to you?

In this special bonus episode, John Ortberg sits down with Become New Creative Director Jackson Lane, who shares a story about a childhood stuffed animal, a remarkable ninth-grade teacher, and one small act of kindness he still remembers nearly 15 years later.

The story leads John to a beautiful idea about the way God loves us: there is a kind of love that looks for value, and another kind of love that creates value by treasuring what it loves.

Sometimes loving another person begins with something surprisingly simple:

Listen. Let it register. Respond.

Who in your life needs to know that what matters to them matters to you?

#JohnOrtberg #BecomeNew #Psalms #SpiritualFormation #Love #Relationships

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00:00 A Personal Bonus From the Psalms
00:24 God Is a Father to the Fatherless
00:44 The Way Jesus Treated Children
01:24 The Power of Really Listening
01:50 Jackson's Favorite Teacher
02:13 Writing Is Structured Thinking
02:43 The Story of Carla
03:06 The Pound Puppy Jackson Loved
03:30 A Stuffed Animal Worn Out With Love
03:48 Jackson Loses Carla04:05 “The Dog Was Gone”04:24 Telling Mr. Webber the Story04:41 “I Was Too Old for a Stuffed Animal Anyway”05:05 A Mysterious Package on the Porch05:21 He Found the Exact Dog05:45 “Childhood Dreams Should Never Be Lost”06:06 Why Jackson Never Forgot It06:28 Someone Saw What Mattered to Him06:52 Where Carla Jr. Is Today 🥹07:10 When You Love What Someone Else Loves07:29 Two Different Kinds of Love07:59 A Picture of How God Loves Us08:21 Listen. Let It Register. Respond.08:30 That's It 😂

RR. The Most Important Thing to Believe About Jesus

Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 12:16

Today we're revisiting an episode from SHINE, our walk through the book of Philippians. And there's a reason we're bringing this one back: we've just launched a new Bible reading plan on the Bible App based on the SHINE series. So if today's teaching is helpful to you and you'd like to go deeper, you can now walk through the whole series one day at a time in the Bible App.

What if there were a law of the spiritual world as dependable as gravity?

In Philippians 2, Jesus doesn't grasp for power. He lets go. He becomes a servant. He humbles himself all the way to the cross.

Then everything reverses.

God exalts him.

John Ortberg explores what this reveals about the deepest pattern of reality: the way up is down, greatness comes through service, and self-giving love is always worth it.

So when love gets costly, when you're tempted to self-promote, or when failure and guilt overwhelm you, remember the strategy:

Double down on the cross.

And remember the phrase:

Jesus Christ is Lord.

This is how we shine.

#JohnOrtberg #Philippians2 #Jesus #SpiritualFormation #TheCross #Christianity

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00:00 What’s Most Important to Believe About Jesus?
00:22 The Oldest Words About Jesus
00:54 The Great Christ Hymn
01:35 Every Knee Will Bow
02:18 Jesus Goes Down, God Lifts Him Up
02:44 What Goes Down Must Come Up
03:07 The Hinge of Human History
03:28 A Law of God’s Kingdom
03:52 God Exalts Those Who Humble Themselves
04:14 Love Is Always Worth It
04:38 What Does It Mean to Double Down?
04:56 Jesus Doubles Down on the Cross
05:18 Double Down When You Feel Like a Failure
05:39 Stop Chasing Money and Reputation
06:23 The Most Important Phrase You Can Say
06:45 Jesus Christ Is Lord
07:19 Caesar vs. a Crucified Rabbi07:49 Peter, Paul, Mary…and Nero 😂08:16 Power Always Fades08:49 A Calendar Built Around Jesus09:18 The Wheel of Fortune09:34 Nero, Napoleon & Stalin10:07 Every Date Points Back to Jesus10:31 The Spiritual Law of the Cross10:55 What Lies at the Heart of Reality11:17 Stop Trying to Promote Yourself11:45 Become a Servant in the Next Moment11:59 Jesus Christ Is Lord12:08 That’s How We Shine

Thank You from John and Become New

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • Duration 03:44

Thank you for being part of Become New, a global community growing spiritually in Christ, one day at a time.

With an impromptu message from John, filmed on his iPhone in the Grand Tetons, this video is a personal thank-you for being part of this community—and an invitation to help make this work possible.

Your generosity helps our small team create and share daily Bible teaching, prayer, study guides, YouVersion Bible plans, The Formation Podcast and Newsletter, and masterclasses—all freely available to help people put Christ in charge of their spiritual formation.

If Become New has made a difference in your life, would you consider a one-time gift or becoming a monthly supporter? Every gift helps us continue this work and reach more people with resources for growing in Christ.

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Whether you give, pray, share a teaching, or join us each day, we’re grateful you’re here.
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