Christian Living Quotes

“Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.”
― Max Lucado, Cast of Characters: Common People in the Hands of an Uncommon God

“I have learned that I will not change the world, Jesus will do that. I can however, change the world for one person. I can change the world for fourteen little girls and for four hundred schoolchildren and for a sick and dying grandmother and for a malnourished, neglected, abused five-year old. And if one persons sees the love of Christ in me, it is worth every minute. In fact, it is worth spending my life for.”
― Katie J. Davis, Kisses from Katie

“The key is to understand that our children don't belong to us—they belong to God. Our goal as parents must not be limited by our own vision. I am a finite, sinful, selfish man. Why would I want to plan out my children's future when I can entrust them to the infinite, omnipotent, immutable, sovereign Lord of the universe? I don't want to tell God what to do with my children—I want Him to tell me!”
― Voddie T. Baucham Jr., Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who walk with God

“Young men do not respect girls they can take advantage of - and they do not as easily take advantage of girls they respect.”
― Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity

“Pride is often used as a way to protect our hearts and to hide the truth. Pride causes us to shut down and build walls.”
― Heather Bixler, Breaking Pride

“Every time you ask for forgiveness, you recognize that the biggest problems you face in life exist inside of you, not outside of you.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest For More: Living For Something Bigger than You

“I can think of no more dangerous a position than to learn to tolerate evil in order to become accustomed to reality.”
― Sarah Mally, Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity

“We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”
― Oswald Chambers

“We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!”
― Marilynn Dawson, Becoming the Bride of Christ: A Personal Journey Volume One

“To say that 'prayer changes things' is not as close to the truth as saying, 'prayer changes me and then I change things.' God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things.”
― Oswald Chambers

“It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for ourselves. It really is a good thing that he will not be satisfied until he has gotten us exactly where he created us and re-created us to be. Most of us would have been satisfied to stay at home, and many of us would have quit the journey long before it was completed. But our heavenly Father won't give up until each one of his children has completed the journey.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest For More: Living For Something Bigger than You

“El Shaddai. My all-sufficient God who is able to handle all my needs. Everything I will ever need I can find in Him. Think about that for a moment. Do you sense the power He offers us in those words? There is nothing, absolutely nothing in your life that He cannot handle.”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

“your god may be your little Christian habit - the habit of prayer or Bible reading at certain times of your day. Watch how your Father will upset your schedule if you begin to worship your habit instead of what the habit symbolizes. We say, 'I can't do that right now; this is my time alone with God.' No, this is your time alone with your habit.”
― Oswald Chambers

“Every time you ask for forgiveness, you declare that your life does not belong to you, but has been created for the purpose of Another.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest For More: Living For Something Bigger than You

“If your hope disappoints you, it is the wrong kind of hope. You see, hope in God never disappoints, precisely because it is hope *in God.* This means that hope placed in any other thing will always end up disappointing.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest For More: Living For Something Bigger than You

“Money holds terrible power when it is loved”
― Elisabeth Elliot, Keep a Quiet Heart

“Many people will never read a Bible, but they will read you.”
― Ricky Maye, An Emerging Spirituality

“Two of the greatest hungers in our world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social change. The connection between the two is the one the world is waiting for, especially the new generation. And the first hunger will empower the second.”
― Jim Wallis

“God didn't send His only Son to die on the cross so that we can hide behind our guilt, shame, and pride.”
― Heather Bixler, Breaking Pride

“Every November on National Adoption Day, courts set aside time to finalize adoptions from foster care that might otherwise be delayed for months, and communities celebrate adoption with retreats, proclamations, and other events. National Adoption Day was started in 2000 and has grown each year. In 2004, courts and community organizations finalized the adoptions of more than 3,400 children from foster care as part of 200 National Adoption Day events in 37 states.”
― Natalie Nichols Gillespie, Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families

“Faith reminds us that change is always possible.”
― Jim Wallis

“In the school of success, information is the greatest asset. The more you read, the more you discover, the more you discover, the more you recover and the better your life become.”
― Stella Oladiran, Winning Formulas

“Christ want to point this out and to warn His followers that in the world everyone should live as though he were alone and should consider His Word and preaching as the very greatest thing on earth, thinking this way to himself: “I see my neighbor and the whole city, and yes the whole world, living differently. All those who are great or noble or rich, the princes and the lords, are allied with it. Nevertheless I have an ally who is greater than all of them, namely, Christ and His Word. When I am all alone, therefore, I am still not alone. Because I have the Word of God, I have Christ with me, together with all the dear angels and all the saints since the beginning of the world. Actually there is a bigger crowd and a more glorious procession surrounding me than there could be in the whole world now. Only I cannot see it with my eyes, and I have to watch and bear the offense of having so many people forsake me or live and act in opposition to me.”
― Martin Luther, Sermon on the Mount and the Magnificat

“In our day heaven and earth are on tiptoe waiting for the emerging of a Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered people. All of creation watches expectantly for the springing up of a disciplined, freely gathered, martyr people who know in this life the power of the kingdom of God.”
― Richard Foster

“You have DIED to doing things your own way. You can only LIVE again as you take up your cross, daily, and follow Jesus. - THE PRODIGAL LIFE”
― Pauline Creeden

“I'm sure the holy refrigerator is packed solid with cartons of Blue Bell ice cream - times a million. All those amazing flavor combinations minus the calories and fat grams, of course. After all, we are talking about heaven here, amen?”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

“My pastor, Pete Wilson, gave a message on prayer, specifically citing this idea many of us have that prayer is a kind of transaction. beside him on the platform, an object the size of a refrigerator stood cloaked beneath a black cover. He said, 'most of us have reduced prayer down to a transaction. A way to manipulate what we want. A vending machine.' At that point, he yanked off the cover revealing a large vending machine, loaded with all kinds of snacks. He inserted some coins and pushed the button for peanut M&Ms (smart man, my pastor). Nothing happened. He hit the machine a couple of times, tried to rock it. Nothing.
He continued. 'Most of the time when we go to God, it's because we want something. If we get what we want, we turn and walk off, satisfied. If we don't get what we want, we get frustrated; we kick the machine and blame God for not answering our request.'
This 'transaction' view of prayer will always disappoint us because at the root of it, we think it's all about us. but prayer is so much more than giving God a list of our wants and needs or, in some cases, our demands. Prayer is communication. It's talking and listening.”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

“For you and me, just knowing His presence is all around us can help lift us from the darkest night, embrace us in the loneliest hour, give us strength when we are tempted, and enable us to live confident and secure in His promises.”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

“The good news is we don't have to suffer alone. We don't have to carry the burdens of our messy lives alone. God is there for us. He wants to be the Comforter in Chief for the worst that life on this earth may hand us. but we need to know Him - genuinely know Him - not just when tragedy strikes. We need to know Him every moment of every day we live. We need to quit leaving it to the professionals and make know Him the most important mission of our lives.”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker

“If we truly believe He is who He says He is, then we must acknowledge His sovereignty and know within our heart of hearts that what He allows to happen to us always has a purpose. Even on the darkest night. Even when our souls cry out in unspeakable pain. Even when we can't face another day. Even when we can't sense His presence. We hold on because we know He's holding on to us as well - whether it feels like it or not.”
― Diane Moody, Confessions of a Prayer Slacker