"The man who believes everything is as far from God as the man who refuses to believe anything." ~ A.W. Tozer
I enjoy collecting quotations that inspire thought and provide motivation for eternal change.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
The Purpose of Life...
"The purpose of life is not to win. The purpose of life is to grow and to share. When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought to other people's lives than you will from the times you outdid and defeated them.
~ Rabbi Harold Jushner
~ Rabbi Harold Jushner
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defeated,
life,
look back,
outdid,
pleasure,
purpose,
Rabbi Harold Jushner,
satisfaction,
win
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
The Choice Is Yours
"We are forced to make a choice at many points in our spiritual maturity. My prayer is we will yearn for more of the knowledge of God before we make those choices." ~ A. W. Tozer
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A. W. Tozer,
choice,
choices,
forced,
knowledge,
prayer,
spiritual maturity,
year
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Debtors to All Men
"We Christians are debtors to all men at all times in all places, but we are so smug to the lostness of men. We've been "living in Laodicea", lax, loose, lustful, and lazy. Why is there this criminal indifference to the lostness of men? Our condemnation is that we know how to live better than we are living." ~ Leonard Ravenhill
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Christians,
condemnation,
criminal,
debtors,
indifference,
Laodicea,
lazy,
Leonard Ravenhill,
living,
lost,
lust,
men,
places
Monday, April 25, 2016
Submit...
"The reader may admire the rich imagery of the Bible, its bold figures and impassioned flights of eloquence. He may enjoy its tender musical passages, and revel in its strong honesty and wisdom; but until he has submitted to its full authority over his life, he has secured no good from it." ~ A. W. Tozer
Labels:
A.W. Tozer,
admire,
Bible,
eloquence,
full authority,
good,
honesty,
imagery,
life,
wisdom
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Easter Isn't...
Let’s get it straight that Easter is not just the remembrance of something that happened in the past. It is the good news that the risen Savior is alive and is on the road ahead of us. We will not find him in the tomb of our broken dreams and shattered expectations, in the graveyard of defeats and failures, embalmed in some experience in the past. We will find him out ahead of us on the road that leads to a radically new tomorrow. ~ Jim Harnish
Labels:
broken dreams,
defeats,
Easter,
expectations,
experience,
failures,
good news,
Jim Harnish,
Past,
remembrance,
risen,
road,
Savior,
shattered,
tomb
Saturday, April 23, 2016
He Still Loves Us
“God, who went to the cross for us, who’s seen us at our worst and still loves us, invites us to give Him our worries.” ~ Randy Alcorn
Friday, April 22, 2016
Easy Decisions
"Decisions become
easier when your will to please God outweighs your will to please the world." ~ Coetzer
Odd Moments
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us.” ~ Umberto Eco
Labels:
become,
depends,
Fathers,
odd moments,
teach,
Umberto Eco
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Live Well
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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compassionate,
difference,
happy,
honorable,
life,
lived,
lived well,
purpose,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
useful
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Commitment
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issue from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way." ~ William H. Murray
Labels:
commitment,
group,
team,
team player,
William H. Murray
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
In a Place...
"I want to be in a place where I have to have God in everything I do... where God is indispensable to me." ~ A.W. Tozer
Labels:
A.W. Tozer,
everything,
indispensable,
place
Monday, April 18, 2016
Do's and Don'ts
“Anytime we talk more about dos and don’ts than about Jesus something’s wrong.”
~ Randy Alcorn
~ Randy Alcorn
Labels:
dos and don'ts,
Randy Alcorn,
talk,
wrong
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Beautiful and Believable
Lord Jesus, you are so kind, compassionate, and forgiving of me.
I want the fragrant aroma of the sacrifice you made for me on the cross to
permeate all my relationships today. You’re not calling me to change or fix
anybody; instead, you’re calling me to live as a broken perfume bottle, through
which the aroma of grace will bring your disruptive and gentling presence
wherever I am. So let me live today more out of my brokenness than out of my
desire for competence and efficiency. May the way I treat people today make the
gospel of grace more beautiful and believable.
~ Scotty Smith
Man is Lost
" Man is lost morally and spiritually. He cannot answer the questions life presents to his intellect because the light of God has gone out of his soul. Apart from Christ we have no true knowledge of God, apart from the in-living Spirit we have no ability to live lives morally pleasing to God. " A. W. Tozer
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Progress...
“We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.”
~ C. S. Lewis
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about-turn,
C.S. Lewis,
case,
man,
progress,
progressive,
road,
turns back,
wrong
Friday, April 15, 2016
Why We Prosper
"God does not prosper a man's business so that he can move from a Ford to a Cadillac. God prospers a business so that 17,000 unreached people can be reached with the gospel." ~ John Piper
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Radical
“I used to say ‘he needs a radical conversion.’ Now I say, ‘a true conversion is radical.'” ~ Linda Samson
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Requirement of God's Law
“…even acts of civic kindness done by an unbeliever fail to meet the requirement of God’s law—namely, that all our actions must be done with a view to glorifying God.” ~ Derek Thomas
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actions,
civil,
Derek Thomas,
glorify,
God's law,
kindness,
requirement,
unbeliever
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Moral Separation
"Christians refuse to acknowledge the sharp moral separation that God Himself has set between the church and this present world. The differences can never be reconciled or negotiated. God never promised His people that they would become a popular majority in this world. When we stand up for Jesus, it means that there are some things that we will be against!" ~ A. W. Tozer
Labels:
A.W. Tozer,
acknowledge,
Christians,
Jesus,
majority,
moral,
negotiated,
promised,
reconciled,
refuse,
separation,
World
Monday, April 11, 2016
Volunteers...
"Volunteers don't necessarily have the time, they have the heart." ~ Elizabeth Andrew
Labels:
Elizabeth Andrew,
heart,
team,
team players,
teamwork,
time,
volunteers
Express Gratitude
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." ~ William Arthur Ward
Labels:
feeling,
giving,
gratitude,
present,
team,
team players,
team work,
William Arthur Ward
Together...
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."
~ Helen Keller
~ Helen Keller
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alone,
Helen Keller,
leader,
Leadership,
team,
teamwork,
together
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Intimate with God
"A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men." ~ Leonard
Ravenhill
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intimate,
intimidated,
Leonard Ravenhill,
man,
men
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Friday, April 8, 2016
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Communicate Clearly
"In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand. Communicate clearly. Communicate Simply. ~ John C. Maxwell
Labels:
clear,
communicate,
John C. Maxwell,
Leadership,
persuaded,
say,
simply,
student,
teacher,
team player,
understand
His Grace
“We cannot find God without God. We cannot reach God without God. We cannot satisfy God without God – which is another way of saying that all our seeking will fall short unless God starts and finishes the search. The decisive part of our seeking is not our human ascent to God, but His descent to us. Without God’s descent there is no human ascent. The secret of the quest lies not in our brilliance but in His grace.” ~ Os Guinness (Long Journey Home)
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ascent,
descent,
fall short,
grace,
human,
Long Journey Home,
Os Guinness,
quest,
reach,
satisfy,
search,
seeking
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
All the Answers
"Men and women who think they have all the answers about this life and the next have been saying brave words for generations. They are big, challenging words, but they come from empty hearts and minds. These individuals are to blind to recognize or acknowledge that God does have a divine plan in which mankind is never permitted to utter the first word or the last." ~ A. W. Tozer
Labels:
A. W. Tozer,
acknowledge,
answers,
blind,
generations,
hearts,
life,
men,
minds,
recognize,
women,
words
Monday, April 4, 2016
In the Face of Evil
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Sharp Moral Separation
"Christians refuse to acknowledge the sharp moral separation that God Himself has set between the church and this present world. The differences can never be reconciled or negotiated. God never promised His people that they would become a popular majority in this world. When we stand up for Jesus, it means that there are some things that we will be against!" ~ A. W. Tozer
Labels:
A.W. Tozer,
Christians,
church,
Jesus,
moral,
negotiated,
promised,
reconciled,
refuse,
separation,
stand up,
World
Saturday, April 2, 2016
An Interest in Revival
"Many people express an interest in revival. There are not so many people deeply concerned about it, and fewer still burdened for it, still fewer heartbroken for it."
~ Leonard Ravenhill
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burdened,
concerned,
heartbroken,
interest,
Leonard Ravenhill,
people,
revival
Friday, April 1, 2016
Find Your Passion
"People can succeed at almost anything for which they have enthusiasm." ~ Charles Schwab
Labels:
Charles Schwab,
encourage,
enthusiasm,
leader,
Leadership,
people,
student,
teacher,
team,
team player
Ordinary People
Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on their world. ~ John C. Maxwell
Labels:
commitment,
extraordinary,
impact,
John C. Maxwell,
ordinary,
people,
World
Rich Imagery of the Bible
"The reader may admire the rich imagery of the Bible, its bold figures and impassioned flights of eloquence. He may enjoy its tender musical passages, and revel in its strong honesty and wisdom; but until he has submitted to its full authority over his life, he has secured no good from it." ~ A. W. Tozer
Biggest Obstacle to Evangelism
“At the end of the day, the biggest obstacle to evangelism is Christians who don’t share the gospel.” ~ Albert Mohler
Labels:
Albert Mohler,
biggest,
Christians,
day,
evangelism,
gospel,
obstacle
Confess and Profess
“If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely the little point which the world and the devil are at the moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at any point.” ~ Martin Luther
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battlefield,
confess,
confessing,
devil,
disgrace,
flight,
loyalty,
Martin Luther,
profess,
soldier,
truth,
voice
A Disciple Is...
Labels:
communication,
disciple,
information,
Juan Carlos Ortiz,
knowledge,
life,
person,
teacher
Truth
"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority."
~ A. W. Tozer
~ A. W. Tozer
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