15 Essential Biblical Texts |
Not all Christian quotes will apply to every life situation, but it’s tough to beat the wisdom of those who walk the word every day when you need a little inspiration or guidance.
With that in mind, here are 200-plus Christian quotes that you can come back to again and again when you need a little boost.
The Quotes
“There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” —Alistair Begg
“This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We’re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet.” —Beth Moore
“The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.’” —Billy Graham
“Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.” —Charles Stanley
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” —Chuck Swindoll
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” —Corrie Ten Boom
“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“We gain strength and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” —Francis Chan
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” —Hudson Taylor
“I used to ask God to help me. Then I asked if I might help Him. I ended up by asking God to do His work through me.” —Hudson Taylor
“You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read.” —John MacArthur
“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us-a crucified God-must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” —John Piper
“Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.” —Lysa Terkeurst
“If you can’t fly, then run, If you can’t run, then walk, If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm.” —Matt Chandler
“A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her. Max Lucado” —Max Lucado
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile” —Max Lucado
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” —Mother Teresa
“He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he’s moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain.” —Randy Alcorn
“God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” —Tony Evans
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.” —1 John 4:10-12
“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” —1Timothy 6:12
“Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.” —A.W. Tozer
“I’m not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me – he’s got judo I never heard of. But he can’t handle the One to whom I’m joined; he can’t handle the One to whom I’m united; he can’t handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature.” —A.W. Tozer
“Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.” —A.W. Tozer
“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven’t yet come to the end of themselves. We’re still trying to give orders, and interfering with God’s work within us.” —A.W. Tozer
“We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts.” —A.W. Tozer
“Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one” —A.W.Tozer
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.” —Abraham Lincoln
“I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength” —Adam Young
“Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.” —Albert Schweitzer
“There is no one who is insignificant in the purpose of God.” —Alistair Begg
“He said Love…as I have loved you. We cannot love too much.” —Amy Carmichael
“We may have done what the devil said we did, but we are NOT who the devil says we are!” —April Cofield Essix
“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us” —Augustine
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” —Augustine of Hippo
“This is our time on the history line of God. This is it. What will we do with the one deep exhale of God on this earth? For we are but a vapor and we have to make it count. We’re on. Direct us, Lord, and get us on our feet.” —Beth Moore
“Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.” —Billy Graham
“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.” —Billy Graham
“I’ve read the last page of the Bible. It’s all going to turn out all right.” —Billy Graham
“The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, ‘O God, forgive me,’ or ‘Help me.'” —Billy Graham
“The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.” —Billy Graham
“The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can’t save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.” —Brennan Manning
“The sinners to whom Jesus directed His messianic ministry were not those who skipped morning devotions or Sunday church. His ministry was to those whom society considered real sinners. They had done nothing to merit salvation. Yet they opened themselves to the gift that was offered them. On the other hand, the self-righteous placed their trust in the works of the Law and closed their hearts to the message of grace.” —Brennan Manning
“Relying on God has to start all over everyday, as if nothing has yet been done.” —C. S. Lewis
“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” —C.S. Lewis
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” —C.S. Lewis
“The essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.” —C.S. Lewis
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” —C.S. Lewis
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” —C.S. Lewis
“God hears your every thought, whether you dress it up with ‘Thee’ and ‘Thou’ or not.” —Catherine Richmond
“The Bible is the greatest of all books; to study it is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.” —Charles C. Ryrie
“It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts… It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“Your potential is the sum of all the possibilities God has for your life.” —Charles Stanley
“Just keep asking yourself: What would Jesus not do?” —Chuck Palahniuk
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” —Chuck Swindoll
“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.” —Corrie Ten Boom
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” —Corrie ten Boom
“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?” —Corrie ten Boom
“Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” —Corrie ten Boom
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength.” —Corrie Ten Boom
“You will find it is necessary to let things go, simply for the reason that they are too heavy.” —Corrie ten Boom
“Good work is giving to the poor and the helpless, but divine work is showing them their worth to the One who matters.” —Criss Jami
“Sometimes you must stand still in order to get moving to where God wants you to go.” —D.A. McBride
“If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!” —D.L. Moody
“Whatever makes men good Christians; makes them good citizens.” —Daniel Webster
“Radical obedience to Christ is not easy… It’s not comfort, not health, not wealth, and not prosperity in this world. Radical obedience to Christ risks losing all these things. But in the end, such risk finds its reward in Christ. And he is more than enough for us.” —David Platt
“God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” —Elisabeth Elliot
“If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big’.” —Elisabeth Elliot
“Work is a blessing. God has so arranged the world that work is necessary, and He gives us hands and strength to do it. The enjoyment of leisure would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the joy of work well done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.” —Elisabeth Elliot
“The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.” —Eugene H. Peterson
“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” —Francis Chan
“The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.” —Francis Chan
“True faith means holding nothing back. It means putting every hope in God’s fidelity to His Promises.” —Francis Chan
“We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.” —Francis Chan
“When you are running toward Christ, you are freed up to serve, love, and give thanks without guilt, worry or fear. As long as you are running, you’re safe.” —Francis Chan
“Turn around and believe that the good news that we are loved is better than we ever dared hope, and that to believe in that good news, to live out of it and toward it, to be in love with that good news, is of all glad things in this world the gladdest thing of all. Amen, and come Lord Jesus.” —Frederick Buechner
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.” —Galatians 3:28-29
“What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” —Hans Urs von Balthasar
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unaware.” —Hebrews 13:2
“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.” —Helen Keller
“When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.” —Henri J.M. Nouwen
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” —Hudson Taylor
“There is no other way to determine the difference between the will of God and the crafts of satan… Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life… The Holy Spirit of God is the Comforter…” —Israelmore Ayivor
“If God called us to a task, He will then qualify us for the job.” —Jack Hyles
“Success is on the same road as failure; success is just a little further down the road.” —Jack Hyles
“If you measure your life by what you own, the cavern of your heart will never be filled.” —James D. Maxon
“Who should we be trying to make the proudest? Our family? Our friends? Our teachers or bosses? What about the one who molded us out of the earth itself, who formed us like clay, and instilled within us the very breath of life that shaped the universe?” —James D. Maxon
“Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.” —Jean Vanier
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.” —Jim Elliot
“Don’t let a temporary period of being uncomfortable keep you from a permanent blessing. Yes, it takes discipline. Yes, it’s uncomfortable. But your destiny is at stake.” —Joel Osteen
“God doesn’t take you in a straight line. There are twists and turns. It may not happen the way you thought, but the disappointments, the bad breaks are all a part of God’s plan.” —Joel Osteen
“It takes courage to be different. It takes courage to not compromise. People will try to make you feel weak because you don’t go with the majority. The truth is you’re not weak, you’re strong.” —Joel Osteen
“Life is too short to let what happened in the past keep you from the great things God has in your future.” —Joel Osteen
“People have enough people pushing them down, pointing out their faults. Why don’t you be the one to push them up, see the best in them, and help them get free?” —Joel Osteen
“Quit worrying about what everybody thinks. When you come to the end of life, you’re not going to stand before people and give an account of your life, you’re going to stand before God.” —Joel Osteen
“Take the limits off of yourself. You will never rise higher than your thinking. Create a great vision for your life.” —Joel Osteen
“The only power people have over you is the power you give them. They don’t determine your value. They can’t lessen your self-worth.” —Joel Osteen
“The scripture says in James 1:19, Be quick to listen and slow to speak. If you’ll pause for a moment and let your emotions calm down, you’ll make better decisions.” —Joel Osteen
“You have a destiny to fulfill. You have an assignment to accomplish. Don’t waste your valuable time on something that’s not moving you toward your purpose.” —Joel Osteen
“You may have been through disappointments, life has thrown you a curve, but you have to get your fire back. God didn’t bring you this far to leave you. Your greatest days in your health, your relationships, your career, are still in front of you.” —Joel Osteen
“You may have big problems, but we serve a big God. Quit worrying. God is saying all is well.” —Joel Osteen
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” —John 10:10
“I realized that all my life, my values were based upon typical middle-class American values: hard work, doing good, living well, owning things, following the rules & being the best I can be… but God clearly says, ‘those are not MY values. I value justice, mercy, and humility.’„” —John Green
“As long as you are living, you will face problems. But you serve a God who solves problems.” —John Hagee
“Contrary to what you might hear today, Jesus Christ is still the King of kings and Lord of lords and He is totally in control.” —John Hagee
“God can part the Red Sea for you, but you have to walk into it to make it happen.” —John Hagee
“God has given you an anointed future with unlimited potential. Get happy about it.” —John Hagee
“God knows how to take you to your destiny. Trust Him and follow Him to it.” —John Hagee
“Happiness is controlled by circumstances, but the joy of the Lord thrives in spite of your circumstances.” —John Hagee
“If you woke up this morning and didn’t see your name in the obituary column, praise the Lord.” —John Hagee
“Stop worrying about what you aren’t and start being happy about who you are.” —John Hagee
“Today, you might be facing big trouble, but know that you serve a bigger God and everything will be alright.” —John Hagee
“When you start going through life saying I can, you will! It’s that simple.” —John Hagee
“Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it will not accomplish anything. Believe that God can give you provision at a moment’s notice, because He can.” —John Hagee
“You are the only Bible some unbelievers will ever read.” —John MacArthur
“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. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God’s constant presence with ‘the real me.’ Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.” —John Ortberg Jr.
“But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life.” —John Piper
“God created me – and you – to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of life.” —John Piper
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him” —John Piper
“It was becoming clearer and clearer that if I wanted to come to the end of my life and not say, ‘I’ve wasted it!’ then I would need to press all the way in, and all the way up, to the ultimate purpose of God and join him in it. If my life was to have a single, all-satisfying, unifying passion, it would have to be God’s passion.” —John Piper
“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain. What was once foolishness to us—a crucified God—must become our wisdom and our power and our only boast in this world.” —John Piper
“Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” —John Wesley
“Anytime God seems to have put you in a position where there is no way you can win your battles, remember Gideon and go forward even if you feel afraid, knowing that the real battle belongs to the Lord.” —Joyce Meyer
“Focusing on God’s promises instead of the world’s problems is the best way to overcome fear.” —Joyce Meyer
“If your happiness is based on things or having your way all the time, then you won’t be happy very long. Be thankful for what God has done for you and what you have now, so you can enjoy your everyday life while you’re waiting for unanswered prayers to be answered.” —Joyce Meyer
“Peace is so important. It’s a gift God gives us, and it grows in us just like fruit grows on trees—with time and nurturing. The key to living in peace begins with pursuing God and the peace only He can give.” —Joyce Meyer
“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.” —Joyce Meyer
“The missed opportunities of the past are nothing compared to the fresh opportunities in the present. With God’s help, you can begin to maximize each new moment God gives you, and you don’t have to wait another moment to get started.” —Joyce Meyer
“We don’t think there’s something wrong with one-year-old children because they can’t walk perfectly. They fall down frequently, but we pick them up, love them, bandage them if necessary, and keep working with them. Surely our heavenly Father can do even more for us than we do for our children.” —Joyce Meyer
“We may not always understand why God is dealing with our need the way He is, but our part is to continue trusting Him.” —Joyce Meyer
“When fear knocks on your door, send faith to answer. Fear is a feeling that has only the power we give it. You can feel fear and still do anything you know you need to do, even if you do it afraid.” —Joyce Meyer
“The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.” —Kevin Max
“Jesus first, others next, and yourself last spells J-O-Y.” —Linda Byler
“And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” —Luke 11:9-10
“Remember who you are. Don’t compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.” —Lysa Terkeurst
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” —Mark 9:23
“I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.” —Martha Washington
“Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.” —Martin Luther
“The Christian shoemaker does his duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship.” —Martin Luther
“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” —Martin Luther King Jr.
“The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm.” —Matt Chandler
“Don’t be dependent on man, because they change like the wind. Depend on the Lord, and know that He is faithful to keep His Word.” —Matthew Hagee
“Don’t whine, but shine, for every trial doesn’t come to stay. They come to pass.” —Matthew Hagee
“It takes more courage to be humble than it does to be prideful.” —Matthew Hagee
“Money will never give you eternal life. Fame will never give you eternal life. Only Jesus Christ will give you eternal life.” —Matthew Hagee
“When you face affliction, take heart for the Bible promises that the Lord will deliver the righteous from their afflictions.” —Matthew Hagee
“You don’t decide what you are. You are what God created you to be; a person fearfully and wonderfully made.” —Matthew Hagee
“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.” —Max Lucado
“Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there’s no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.” —Max Lucado
“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile” —Max Lucado
“Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus’ touch. We experience his care.” —Max Lucado
“The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand. In the first, God sought Adam. In the second, Jesus sought God. In Eden, Adam hid from God. In Gethsemane, Jesus emerged from the tomb. In Eden, Satan led Adam to a tree that led to his death. From Gethsemane, Jesus went to a tree that led to our life.” —Max Lucado
“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.” —Max Lucado
“We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.” —Max Lucado
“If you obey God with your whole heart, you’ll usually scare off the folks who want you to obey them.” —Meg Moseley
“At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.” —Mother Teresa
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” —Mother Teresa
“I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, ‘How many good things have you done in your life?’ rather he will ask, ‘How much love did you put into what you did?” —Mother Teresa
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” —Mother Teresa
“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” —Mother Teresa
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.” —Mother Teresa
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” —Mother Teresa
“We will be judged by I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me. I was homeless, and you took me in.” —Mother Teresa
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” —Mother Teresa
“Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?” —Mother Teresa,
“Jesus’s resurrection is the beginning of God’s new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord’s Prayer is about.” —N.T. Wright
“When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we could not do for ourselves – that insight produces, again and again, a sense of astonished gratitude which is very near the heart of authentic Christian experience.” —N.T. Wright
“We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence of love, of brotherhood, the violence that wills to beat weapons into sickles for work.” —Oscar A. Romero
“If you can see it, you can achieve it. God helps those who help themselves. Power is in the act of humility.” —Patricia Amis
“Avoid trivial pursuits. You are a child of God, destined for glory, and called to do great things in His Name. Do not waste your life on hobbies, sports, and other recreational pursuits. […] Employ the time of your youth in developing the character and skills necessary to be a useful servant of God.” —Paul David Washer
“Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure.” —Pedro Okoro
“If your life is Christ, then your death will be only more of Christ, forever. If your life is only Christlessness, then your death will be only more Christlessness, forever. That’s not fundamentalism, that’s the law of non-contradiction.” —Peter Kreeft
“We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love.” —Peter Kreeft
“Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the other.” —Philip Yancey
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” —Philippians 1:6
“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” —Philippians 3:14
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” —Philippians 4:19
“He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he’s moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain.” —Randy Alcorn
“Having the answers is not essential to living. What is essential is the sense of God’s presence during dark seasons of questioning.” —Ravi Zacharias
“Christianity is not about building an absolutely secure little niche in the world where you can live with your perfect little wife and your perfect little children in your beautiful little house where you have no gays or minority groups anywhere near you. Christianity is about learning to love like Jesus loved and Jesus loved the poor and Jesus loved the broken.” —Rich Mullins
“As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven’s list.” —Rick Warren
“Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.” —Rick Warren
“God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.” —Rick Warren
“Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.” —Rick Warren
“The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.” —Rick Warren
“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” —Rick Warren
“When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.” —Rick Warren
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” —Romans 8:1
“Are you worrying about something God has already worked out?” —Steven Furtick
“Don’t fear failure. Fear faithlessness. Don’t fear attack. Fear apathy. Don’t fear rejection. Fear regret.” —Steven Furtick
“Don’t let your lack of confidence become the death of your calling.” —Steven Furtick
“Faith is believing BEFORE what will only make sense AFTER.” —Steven Furtick
“God will call you outside of your comfort, not your competency.” —Steven Furtick
“Great moves of God are usually preceded by simple acts of obedience.” —Steven Furtick
“It would be a shame for God to want to do more and for you to settle for less.” —Steven Furtick
“Your rejection in one season can lead to your destiny in the next.” —Steven Furtick
“The gifts of the Master are these: freedom, life, hope, new direction, transformation, and intimacy with God. If the cross was the end of the story, we would have no hope. But the cross isn’t the end. Jesus didn’t escape from death; he conquered it and opened the way to heaven for all who will dare to believe. The truth of this moment, if we let it sweep over us, is stunning. It means Jesus really is who he claimed to be, we are really as lost as he said we are, and he really is the only way for us to intimately and spiritually connect with God again.” —Steven James
“Never make a permanent decision about a temporary situation.” —T.D. Jakes
“Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.” —T.D. Jakes
“When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.” —T.D. Jakes
“The prime reason the Savior personally acts as the gatekeeper of the celestial kingdom is not to exclude people, but to personally welcome and embrace those who have made it back home.” —Tad R. Callister
“Christ literally walked in our shoes.” —Tim Keller
“God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go.” —Tony Evans
“Remember as you go about your day that you may be the only Jesus some of your friends, neighbors, and family will ever see.” —Wanda E. Brunstetter
“Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong.” —Watchmen Nee
“Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary. The clouds that are temporarily rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather, an eternal sunshine of glory. Can you not watch with Christ for one hour? ” —Williams Gurnall
“Continuous effort — not strength nor intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.” —Winston Churchill
“Start your child’s day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.” —Zig Ziglar
“No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
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