"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. It is HIS movie, HIS world, HIS gift." ~ Francis Chan
(Crazy Love)
I enjoy collecting quotations that inspire thought and provide motivation for eternal change.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
The Whole Point...
Labels:
Crazy Love,
doing,
Francis Chan,
gift,
glorified,
life,
movie,
point,
World
Monday, September 29, 2014
To God Be the Glory
“But all at once I realized that it was not my success God had
used to enable me to help those in this prison, or in hundreds of others just
like it. My life of success was not what made this morning so glorious—all my
achievements meant nothing in God's economy. No, the real legacy of my life was
my biggest failure—that I was an ex-convict. My greatest humiliation -- being
sent to prison—was the beginning of God's greatest use of my life; He chose the
one thing in which I could not glory for His glory.” ~ Charles Colson
Labels:
achievements,
Charles Colson,
Chuck Colson,
enable,
failure,
God's economy,
humiliation,
legacy,
life,
prison,
success
Failure
"There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success." ~ Max Beerbohm
Labels:
fail,
failure,
interesting,
Max Beerbohm,
success
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Bullies in the Church
"Bullies in the church can be more
dangerous than those outside of Christian circles. They can split churches, run
off pastors, and create toxic congregations. Be wise." ~ M. E. Anderson
Labels:
bullies,
bully,
church,
congregation,
dangerous,
M.E. Anderson,
Pastor,
split,
toxic,
wise
God's Faithfulness
"In God’s faithfulness lies eternal security. "
~ Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983)
~ Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983)
Labels:
Corrie ten Boom,
eternal,
faithfulness,
security
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Wisdom from the Margins
“There is important wisdom to be gleaned from those on the margins.
Vulnerable human beings put us more in touch with the truth of our limited and
messy human condition, marked as it is by fragility, incompleteness and
inevitable struggle. The experience of God from that place is one of absolutely
gratuitous mercy and empowering love. People on the margins, who are less able
to and less invested in keeping up appearances, often have an uncanny ability
to name things as they are. Standing with them can help situate us in the truth
and helps keep us honest.” ~ Pat Farrell
Labels:
appearances,
empower,
experience,
fragility,
honest,
human,
incomplete,
invest,
love,
margins,
messy,
Pat Farrell,
truth,
wisdom
Friday, September 26, 2014
A Life Transformed
“The quiet power of a life transformed by the grace of God is so
explosive that it can redirect the course of human events.” ~ Richard Foster
Labels:
explosive,
grace of God,
human events,
life,
power,
quiet,
redirect,
Richard Foster,
transformed
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Not Humanly Possible
"Faith does not operate in the realm of the
possible. There is no glory for God in that which is humanly possible. Faith
begins where man’s power ends." ~ George Muller
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Take the Good News
Jesus didn’t say, “Go set up a booth somewhere, and if people stop by, do
what you can for them.” He didn’t lead them into the temple but sent them into
the world. “Take the good news to the villages,” Jesus said. ~
W. Kincaid
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Compassionate & Sympathetic
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the
weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these." ~ Carver
Monday, September 22, 2014
Revival of Prayer
“The
evangelization of the world depends first upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than
the need for workers; deeper far than the need for money; deep down at the
bottom of our spiritual lives, is the need for the forgotten secret of
prevailing, worldwide prayer.” ~ Robert Speer
Labels:
evangelization,
money,
need,
Pray,
prayer,
revival,
Robert Speer,
spiritual,
workers,
World
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Revival Is...
"Revival is God’s interaction with His people in order to energize them
spiritually." ~ Alvin Reid
Labels:
Alvin Reid,
energize,
interaction,
revival,
spiritually
Saturday, September 20, 2014
The Hardest Things
"Sometimes the hardest things are the smallest things--the things
nobody sees or will praise you for, the things that show real character and
faithfulness." ~ Brett Harris
Labels:
Brett Harris,
character,
faithfulness,
hard,
hardest,
praise,
small,
smallest,
things
Friday, September 19, 2014
Our Creator Alone Knows...
“Neither man nor angel can discern
hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone.” ~ John
Milton (Paradise Lost)
Labels:
angel,
discern,
evil,
hypocrisy,
invisible,
John Milton,
man,
Paradise Lost
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Power to do...
"We are not simply given the ability
to avoid evil—we are given the power to do what is right." ~ David Busic
Labels:
avoid,
David Busic,
evil,
power,
right
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
He Goes Ahead of You
"He goes ahead of you into the
ordinary, everyday places where you live and work, laugh and cry, suffer and
rejoice, succeed and fail . . . and if your eyes are prepared to see and your
ears are tuned to hear, you will find Him there." ~ Harnish
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Christ Within...
"Not our own righteousness, but Christ within, living, and reigning, and saving from sin." ~ Morris
Monday, September 15, 2014
Satisfied
“The surest
hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own
minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined
not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to
please himself or others.” ~ William Hazlitt
Labels:
determined,
hindrance,
judgment,
opinion,
perfection,
please,
public,
standard,
success,
William Hazlitt
No Neutral Ground
There is
no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second is
claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan. ~ C. S. Lewis
Labels:
C.S. Lewis,
claimed,
counterclaimed,
ground,
neutral,
split second,
square inch,
universe
How You Think
"When we give our minds to God, He changes the way we think." ~ David Busic
Labels:
Busic,
change,
David Busic,
mind,
think
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Living on Purpose
"What does it mean to be Christian parents, whether we are ministers or dedicated laypeople? It means loving our wives or husbands the way Christ loved the church. It means intentionally loving and investing our lives in our children and grandchildren." ~ Jerry Porter
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Follow God's Instructions Now
"Do not wait until everything else fails before you follow God's instructions." E. Duarte
Labels:
Bible,
Duarte,
E. Duarte,
fail,
fails,
instruction,
instructions,
wait
Friday, September 12, 2014
Idols Must Be Destroyed
"If you don’t destroy your idols, your idols will destroy you." ~ David Busic
Labels:
Busic,
David Busic,
destroy,
idol,
idols
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Futility or Fruitfulness...?
"The tragic fact is that many Christians have not had their day of Pentecost. They live in spiritual futility rather than Christlike fruitfulness." ~ William Greathouse
Labels:
fruitfulness,
futility,
Pentecost,
spiritual,
William Greathouse
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Letters of Love
"How many times, in the middle of adversity, does God send us blowing letters of love to remind us that he is still with us?" ~ David Busic
Monday, September 8, 2014
Disagree Without Destroying
"Holy
people disagree, but they don’t destroy. Holy people desire to connect people
with Christ, not condemn people in Christ." ~ N. G. Gunter
Labels:
Christ,
condemn,
connect,
destroy,
disagree,
Gunter,
Holy,
N. G. Gunter,
N.G. Gunter,
people
Sunday, September 7, 2014
What You Can Be
"God delights in taking us where we are and making us into exactly what He knows we can be." ~ David Busic
Labels:
can be,
David Busic,
delights,
making
Memory
"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor." ~ Alexander Smith
Labels:
Alexander Smith,
memory,
nothing,
poor,
possession,
Rich
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Success
"Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others." ~ Danny Thomas
Labels:
accomplish,
Danny Thomas,
do,
gain,
life,
others,
service,
success
Friday, September 5, 2014
Comfort in the Body of Christ
"The next time you find yourself in a difficult place—searching for comfort and wondering where God is—look around you and find His warm embrace in the Body of Christ." ~ David Busic
Labels:
anxiety,
body of Christ,
comfort,
David Busic,
depression,
difficult,
embrace,
problem,
stress,
trial
Service Is Nobility
"In the Kingdom of God, service is not a stepping-stone to nobility: it is nobility, the only kind of nobility that is recognized." ~ T. W. Manson
Labels:
kingdom of God,
nobility,
service,
stepping-stone,
T.W. Manson
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Meet Regularly Together
"By committing themselves to meet regularly together, Christians become aware of those who are not gathering together—those who are absent. This is how the community develops the practice of pastoral care and evangelism, the skill of memory for those missing, the virtue of love for the lost, and the notion of the communion of saints." ~ Samuel Wells
Labels:
aware,
Christians,
committing,
communion,
community,
evangelism,
love,
memory,
pastoral care,
practice,
saints,
Samuel Wells,
skill
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Really Hear Them
"Most of the time hurting people just need to talk it out with a trusted friend who will really hear them. You do not have to say very much at all. You do not need to have all the answers." ~ David Busic
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Do You Love Him?
"Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything he gives you?" ~ Francis Chan
Labels:
everything,
Francis Chan,
give,
gives,
love
Monday, September 1, 2014
What Is He Calling You to Do?
"No devotion to Christ is ever wasted. No lover of Christ is ultimately rejected. Everybody's redemption begins in somebody else. What is he calling you to do?" ~ Dennis Kinlaw
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begins,
calling,
Dennis Kinlaw,
devotion,
lover,
redemption,
rejected,
wasted
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