Christian Quotes

If God is Your "Potter" and you are His "Clay", what a beautiful work of art He will create each day! - submitted by Tara Williams, N.C.
If people believe the newspapers, why won't they believe the Bible? - submitted by Ryan Lister
God is as good as his word.
The future is as bright as the promises of God. - Adoniram Judson
Revenge never healed a wound. - Guarini
The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts. - George Müller
Here are a number of quotes submitted by Rev. Fred Babiczuk:
E.G.O: Edging God out
An isolated Christian is a paralyzed Christian. It is not only who you are, but whose you are. Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ.Pray as if everything depends upon God. Act as if everything depends upon you.Courage is fear that has said its prayers.What You Are Is God's Gift to You . . . What You Make of Yourself Is Your Gift Back to God.Don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk. If God is no longer close to you, who moved?Faith is caught, not taught.Christ and I are an overwhelming majority.THE GOSPEL YOU AREYou are writing a Gospel,A chapter each day,By the deeds that you do,And the words that you say.Men read what you write,If it's false or it's true.Now what is the GospelAccording to you?(Anon.)
Never gives up in the midst of a battle. Strengthen your loins and go through it. It is in that same battle you'll find the answer. - Submitted by Rose Lawson
Hi, my name is Kelsey Dupont. Here is my quote for anyone in financial relief:If the little you got won't fill the need,Plant it in God, 'cause it's a seed!"
I'm Tracy (17 yrs.) from Round Rock, TX. Here are two of my favorite quotes:A God wise enough to create me and the world I live in is wise enough to watch out for me.The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
Count your blessings, not your burdens.
I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am. - John Newton
O Lord, forgive what I have been, sanctify what I am, and order what I shall be. - Thomas Wilson
It is impossible for a man to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ. - Martin Luther
Christianity is a battle, not a dream. - Wendell Phillips
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. - Simone Weil
From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that thecross bears those who bear the cross. - Sadhu Sundar Singh
The following quotes were submitted by Julie from Manitoba, Canada:
People use duct tape to fix everything; God used nails.
The cross of Christ is the bridge between man and God.Because God never sleeps, we can sleep in peace.Live accordingly to who you really are-children of God.
The following three quotes were submitted by Holli Turner:
No man is strong enough to interfere with God's plan.
Be a lamb that roars.
Every word you speak enters the mind of both the wicked and the righteous. you have the opportunity to poison the righteous or to redeem the wicked.
Here are two quotes submitted by 15 year old Megan Walters from Illinois:
When storms come, face God not the storm.
This one made me realize a lot of things and really touched me:
If you don't see a change after you are saved...look what God saved you from!
The following quotes were submitted by Endurance Agho:Loving God is my sweetest romance;Seeking Him is my wildest Adventure;Finding Him is my greatest Achievements;Staying with Him is my best Advantage.If you find your greatest pleasure in seeking God you've found the world's greatest treasure that is without measure and this kind can not be taken from you.
On witnessing to others about your faith --Step out of your safe zone, get into the faith zone!Nicole, 13, Alabama
Here are two quotes submitted Judy Peck-Read:
Keep your light shinning bright and strong. You may never know who will find their way out of the darkness, because of your light.
God has planned our future long before we reach the destination of our need.
I was having a really down time and this quote really helped me! Kaitlyn Tanner --15No one is worth your tears, and the One who is won't make you cry.
The following quotes were submitted by Crystal:
I'm going to the Dominican Republic this summer but I've been worrying a lot about getting the money to go. Then one of my friends told me this quote and it really has taken away the stress. The quote is: "If it's God's will then it's God's bill".
This one is about gossiping. Now this quote really spoke to me and it changed the simplest but biggest things about how I talk to my friends. It is:Great minds discuss ideasAverage minds discuss eventsSmall minds discuss people~ Eleanor RooseveltI have a few other quotes as well. They are:
Religion is hanging around the cross. Christianity is hanging on the cross. - Stephen Hill
Sometimes God doesn't tell us His plan because we wouldn't believe it anyway. Carlton Pearson
God is not moved or impressed with our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him. - Kelly Sparks
Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered. Leonard Cohen
I can get more out of God by believing Him for one minute than I can by shouting at Him all night. - Smith Wigglesworth
God doesn't call people who are qualified. He calls people - Unknown
This one is about gossiping. Now this quote really spoke to me and it changed the simplest but biggest things about how I talk to my friends. It is:
Great minds discuss ideasAverage minds discuss eventsSmall minds discuss people~ Eleanor Roosevelt
This was something my youth pastor said to me when I was struggling with myself. (Submitted anonymously)
Don't look at yourself through your eyes, look through Gods eyes.
Whenever a man is ready to uncover his sins, God is always ready to cover them.
JESUS is BIGGER than the BIGGEST problem you ever have! - Merlin from U.A.E.
I have found that the hardest thing for us as humans to do is believe that God can take care of everything WITHOUT our help. Submitted by Leah
Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light.
Pray as if everything depended on God, and work as if everything depended on man. - Francis J. Spellman
Thank you Amy Flink for the following series of 12 quotes:Quotes from Dave Meyer:
If we are faithful in what God asks us to do, then he is faithful in what He says He will do.
Death to self increases spiritual health.
The Christian on his knees sees more than the philosopher on his tiptoe. - Augustus Toplady
Trouble and perplexity drive us to prayer, and prayer driveth away trouble and perplexity. - Philipp Melanchton
More than anything else, prayer is a relationship. - Jim Guest
The purpose of prayer is to find God's will and to make that will our prayer. - Catherine Marshall
When God measures a man, He puts the tape around the heart instead of the head.
Some people complain because God puts thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns!
When we let God's Word seep into our own lives little by little... it nourishes us and becomes part of us. - Janette Oke, Christian Author
God doesn't create losers...you were born to win! - Marie Chapian, Ph.D., inspirational author and speaker
We are finite. God is infinite. Take time to get to know Him, not trying to figure Him out. - Glen's Welding & Manufacturing, Trucks & RVs
Death is not a period but a comma in the story of life. - Amos J. Farver
Here are three quotes submitted by Bonii Price:God comes at the eleventh hour because we don't need him until the twelfth.No matter how hard we try we can never make heaven without God.Let go and let God.
Being at peace with yourself is a direct result of finding peace with God. - Olin Miller
It's not your outlook but your "uplook" that counts. - John Mason
To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge, to find the will of God is the greatest discovery, and to do the will of God is the greatest achievement.
I'm Julie (15 yrs.) from Manitoba, CAN. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
People use duct tape to fix everything: God used nails.Life is like a game of tennis - you can't win without serving well.Believing is seeing what the eye cannot see.Live accordingly to who you really are - children of God.The cross of Christ is the bridge between God and man.There is never a day when you don't need to pray.Sure, our sin is great, but remember that God's grace is greater.
God has a history of using the insignificant to accomplish the impossible. - Richard Exley
It is only necessary to prove that which is of doubt; Belief in Christ as our Savior is not of doubt, but of faith. - Rev. J.D. RobertsFor grace did not come for God that He might change His mind about sin, but grace came for man that he might change his ways from sin. - Rev. J.D. Roberts
Time and again man's RESISTANCE brings about God's ASSISTANCE.God sees the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end.God's vision brings about provision. Devil's mission brings about delusion.Sometimes the Pressure applied rather than Pleasure derived determines the Measure of your Treasure.The above four quotes were submitted by Theophilus Oni, Nigeria
My name is Ashley Thompson, age 12. I found this quote on a key chain I bought once:The cross isn't about jewellery. It's about Jesus.It's really cool to me because it's true. People who wear the cross sometimes don't even know what it means.
My name is Gracious. I'm 15. Here's my quote I heard that touched me:Without Christ, life is nothing but a breathing death.
Selena, age 13, sent in the following two quotes:Never let a friend pull you away from God, because if they do then they are not a true friend to have.If you give your life to Jesus he will give you back something that is so wonderful that no one else can give you - Eternal life in Heaven with him.
My name is Joel Ballard and here is my quote:
How else but through a broken heart may the Christ Lord enter in.
Long standing problem? Try kneeling.
Something happens when you pray, that might not have happened had you not prayed.When we read the bible its like ripples in water forming, but when we give the Bible to someone who really needs it, tidal waves form.The above two quotes were submitted by Andrew Crick, Prince George, B.C.
A Christian leader is one who knows the way, shows the way, and go the way.Faith and Love are a set. You can't have one, without the other.The above two quotes were submitted by Kara Greer, 17 years old, from Wilmington, NC
Hi, I'm Tucker Brady. I'm 15 years old from Mississippi. I came up with this quote the other day when one of my friends told me that they were having trouble resisting satan. I told them:Satan is like a bothering insect. But you can have full access to devil repellent ... His name is JESUS!!
A Christian must keep the faith, but not to himself. - Jim Patrick
God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him. - Jim Elliot
My name is Rena,15, and I'm from Indiana. I keep a Christian quote book in case I'm ever feeling down and I need some inspiration and something to make me smile!!! Here are a few that I wanted to share with you. I hope you enjoy them! God Bless! <><~The next time you think you're perfect, try walking on water.~*Lean on the Rock and you'll always be steady!!!*-I'm not obsessed with 666; I've already been marked with John 3:16-~I have a Savior and I'm not afraid to use Him!~-Too blessed to be stressed!!!-~If God is your co-pilot, switch seats!~*Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven!*
God has no grandchildren. - Pastor Mike
When you are born once, you die twice, but when you are born twice, you die once! Submitted by Jessica.
Continue on your walk with God ... and one day when the time is right your soul mate will walk right beside you. Shanna Fassbender, New Orleans, LA (16yrs old)
Everyone needs a Paul, a Timothy, and a Barnabas because everyone needs someone to minister to them, someone to minister to, and someone to encourage them.
The Bible was not written to satisfy your curiosity; it was written to transform your life. - Howard Hendricks, 1991.
Sin adds to your trouble, subtracts from your energy, multiplies your difficulties, and divides you from God.
We never know when our disappointment will be His appointment. - Charles Swindoll
There is no time lost in waiting, if you are waiting on the Lord.
It all starts with prayer. If you are not praying then it isn't going to start with you. - Craig Riggle
If your being followed it's time you started following someone worth being followed! Heather, 13 years old.
I once heard someone say, "God would give me the world if I asked Him. "I smiled softly and looked him directly in the eyes and said, "He already has," then I pointed to a Cross. - Samantha,15 years old. She writes "It really inspires me ... every time I think of it. I hope it helps others too.
Nothing is greater then love; for God is love and nothing is greater then God - submitted by David C.
Who you know determines where you go ... Know Jesus.Life without Christ is a hopeless end. Life with Christ is endless hope.The above two quotes were submitted by Maggie 15 yrs. old
When you look into the sky, you cannot see God, but if you look into your heart, you can. Stephanie Krakus, Age 11
God can only be God in your life when you are not! Submitted by Kate, 16
I'm only 13, but I heard someone say this not long ago and it really spoke to me. It is:Let Satan draw the lost together, and we can witness to them.
Submitted by Nicole
Why stay with your arms crossed when the most powerful Man of the universe died with his arms open? - Priscila, 14 years old
My name is Andrew and I'm 15 and from Connecticut. I would just like to send you this quote that has helped me along the way:For those who have faith, no explanation is needed, but for those who are skeptic, no explanation is possible.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for the gift.
God and his work are one.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
God's answers are wiser than our prayers.
The following three quotes were submitted by Victor Mejia.
In order to receive something you have never had before...you are going to have to do something you have never done before.
God did not choose us because we were worthy...but by choosing us, he makes us worthy. Therefore count yourself dead to sin and alive in Christ Jesus and live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
GOD loves us the way we are, but he refuses to leave us that way.
To God, our journey is as important as our destinations. - Beth Moore
"When you help others, God helps you. When you give, God gives. When you love, God loves. You will never be alone." Spoken by Candace Walch, Lexington, Tx.
Jesus loves you the way you are, but he loves you too much to keep you that way. - David Nasser, at a Student Life camp he spoke at:
God does not expect us to be more than we are; He expects us to be all that we are. - Dudley Anderson
Here are two quotes from James Grayson Jr.
A passion for the Cross, will bring compassion for the lost!
Where there is prayer, there is provision!
To get what you deserve is called fair.Not to get what you deserve is called justice.But to get what you don't deserve is called grace.
Keep God first...everything else is not constant. - Beverly T. Gooden
Life is fragile, give yours to God. - From the book 'His Perfect Faithfulness
Perhaps God brings us to the end of our resources so we can discover the vastness of His. - Neil Anderson
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is unbelief - the other is contempt. - Plutarch
Without faith ... nothing is possible. With it ... nothing is impossible. - Mary McLeod Bethune
The following bulleted quotes were submitted by Tracey Kuehl:
For the believer, your last breath here, will be your first breath THERE!
Live in such a way that those who know you but don't know God will come to know God because they know you!
You may never know that JESUS is all you need, until JESUS is all you have - Corrie TenBoom (1940'S Nazi concentration camp victim).
We always thank God for the Roses. We should thank Him for the thorns as well.
If God gave us EVERYTHING we wanted.....What would we need Him for?
The One who spoke will speak again...The One who came, will come again! (Max Lucado, Michael W. Smith & Third Day concert)
All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is like trying to do a 5 piece puzzle with only 4 pieces. God is the 5th piece and you can't see the whole picture of life until you have that 5th piece. Sophie, 13 years old.
We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us. - Ed Howe
Christians are supposed to not merely endure change, not even to profit by it, but to cause it. - Henry Emerson Fosdick
God is like the wind, you can't see him but you know he's there. - Adriana Freeman
PRAYER IS:P - OWER (OF GOD)R - EACTINGA - NDY - IELDINGE - ARTHLYR - ESULTS!ALWAYS TAKE TIME TO PRAY.Submitted: by J. Cherry
Don't ask God for a easy life, ask him to make you a stronger person.
Weave in Faith and God will find the thread. - Melissa (14 years old)
We must trust His mighty hand , even if we do not understand His plan.
Religion is spelled "DO" , biblical Christianity is spelled "DONE".
This brought a revelation of God's love to me:God would rather die than live without you! - Pastor Bill Ellenwood II, Adrian, MI, submitted by Liz
The light of this world has no power failure.
Success is to stand in the presence of God unashamed.
You have to truly die before you can truly live.
If God brings you to it, He will get you through it.
The Spirit of God will not lead a man where the grace of God cannot keep him.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant - Robert Louis Stevenson
Remember, no matter what happens, if you live, die, get made fun of, God is always there. He will never leave us nor forsake us. - Daniel James
God put everybody on this earth for a reason. Everyone has a purpose in this world even if you haven't discovered it yet. You should shine like stars. - Thomas, 14 years old, Greeneville, TN
The reason we are in heaven for eternity is because it will take eternity to really know God.
Love is the blanket God wraps around you. - Allyson (13 years old)
Pray - don't think about it, because when you think about it, you think what you want to happen and not what is really happening. - Liz (17 years old), Minnesota
I think nearly everyone wants to know what God has for them but there are so few who want to put themselves in a place where they can really hear Him. - Roger Langlois, Oakley, Ca.
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.
Don't tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your God is. Submitted by Byron Gerber
I am Kendra, 14 years old and here are some awesome quotes!Expect great things from God: attempt great things for God!*God's primary method for reaching people is people.*Give all your problems to God; He's up all night anyways.Don't be self-centered.... be God-centered!You shouldn't go after God to satisfy your hunger... it should be to quench you're thirst!Who will I live for today... myself or Christ?(this one people can really question especially at the age I'm at because there are so many temptations and stuff! So really question yourself each day- who are you living for?!?!?)
I asked Jesus, "How much do You love me?" He replied, "This Much!!!" Then he stretched out his arms and died on the cross. - K.B.W, 15 yrs. old
The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way. - William Barclay
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. - Ursula LeGuin
The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't. - Phillip Brooks
Rich is the person who has a praying friend. - Janice Hughes
True faith produces a life full of actions, not a head full of facts.
The One who SPOKE, still SPEAKS! - Max Lucado (heard at a Michael W. Smith and Third Day concert where Max Lucado was the speaker)
Whatever it took, He did. Whatever He asks, I will.
When God is all you've got, you've got more than enough.
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. - Charles H. Spurgeon
Morality may keep you out of jail, but it takes the blood of Jesus Christ to keep you out of hell. - Charles H. Spurgeon
God never made a promise that was too good to be true. - D. L. Moody
If you get busy serving God, you're too busy to sin. - Chuck Baker
If being Christian was a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
Live as though Christ died yesterday, rose from the grave today, and is coming back tomorrow. - Theodore Epp
God takes us into deep waters, not to drown us but to cleanse us. - Unknown
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays. - John Owen
God is so BIG He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your Heart.
Always respond to rudeness (devil) with kindness (God).
The actions of the world shall never shake me and the opinions of the people shall never move me, for I am grounded in the Word of the Lord! ~*StRaWbErRy* (15years old)
If you find a man with a Bible that is falling apart....chances are the man IS NOT falling apart. - Bryan Ohio
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another. - William Law
When you come to find that God is all you have, is when you come to find that you have everything.
Hello, my name is Kara, and I am 14. I am from Morganton, NC and I would like to submit a quote. I made this quote up recently and I live by it everyday. I hope my quote inspires others to look to God when they have nothing else. The quote is:
We can't say we've lost everything .... God is still there.
Not to feed on God's word is to become spiritually anemic. Bill Johnson, Chaplain, Captain, USAF
I have a quote for your web page. My boss has this written in his office and I think that it is true:"We limit what God will do with us by how much we are praying now."This is true to me because we ask God to do for us in our prayers. The power of Prayer is the most powerful thing that we can use here in this world. - Joshua July
We cannot survive without communication. Prayer is our communication with God. Do you want to survive? - Joshua July -
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. - Unknown
If I could chose my own Heaven, it would be to pick sunflowers for God for all eternity. Becky, 13, Myrtle Beach
Here are some quotes submitted by 14 year old McKenzie Clark:
God is my number one priority in my life
He is my comforter, my shelter, and my candle!
He lights my way through life carrying me through the dark times and the bad times!
He lifts me up when I am down , brings me back to reality when I escape it.
I love him with ALL my heart ! That is why I gave it to him ! By McKenzie Clark ~ 14 years old ~
God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. - Mother Teresa
Dog spelled backward is still man's best friend.
There is no such thing as Wishes ...only Prayers.
You are not Lucky; you are Blessed.
I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent. - Unknown
When there is nothing left but God, that is when you realize that God is all you need. Submitted by Sarah, 13 years old, Austin, Texas
What is morally wrong can never be politically right. - Lord Shaftesbury
When you come to the bottom, you find God. - Neville Talbot
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. - William Carey
God often gives in one brief moment that which he has for a long time denied. - Thomas à Kempis
If your life depended on knowing the Bible, how long would you last?
It is better to have the Lord In your heart rather than on your heart.
To be loved by God and to be loved by others; and to love God and to love others, is the greatest joy of existence.
Sometimes God has to put us flat on our back before we are looking up to Him. - Jack Graham
We're all in the same garden. I hope your not eating from the wrong tree - Justin Holland
Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.
Pray, and let God worry. - Martin Luther
Never under estimate Jesus, because He will just prove you wrong. - Brian Gurney
Where there is much prayer, there will be much of the Spirit; where there is much of the Spirit, there will be ever-increasing prayer. - Andrew Murray
Many things I have tried to grasp, and have lost. That which I have placed in God's hands I still have. - Martin Luther
Don't put people down, unless it's on your prayer list. - Stan Michalski
Satan, the Hinderer, may build a barrier about us, but he can never roof us in, so that we cannot look up. - J. Hudson Taylor
Here are two quotes submitted by Amby
Stop telling God how big your storm is and start telling your storm how big your God is.When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
It is possible to be so active in the service of Christ as to forget to love him. - P.T. Forsyth
With God, there are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason, so stop worrying about what tomorrow brings, and put your trust in Him. Submitted by Mollie, Age 11, West Virginia
The Bible may be old, but its truths are always new.
We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God. - Dwight L. Moody
Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you. - George Mueller
Before we ever ask, God is preparing the answer.
Wishing will never be a substitute for prayer. - Ed Cole
No matter who you are or where you are God has a purpose for you... and that purpose is to be a witness for Him.
If you forget to forgive, you have forgotten you are forgiven. - Pastor Jay Robinson
There is no left or right in a Christ centered church. - Submitted by Pastor Jay Robinson.
If your religion doesn't take you to church it won't take you to Heaven.
A good attitude toward life begins with gratitude toward God.
The only one who can satisfy the human heart is the one who made it.
God doesn't promise security FROM life's storms but security IN life's storms.
No two Christians will ever meet for the last time.
Unless we rely on God's power within us, we will yield to the pressures around us.
The Bible is a compass, pointing you in the right direction.
When we work, we work; but when we pray, God works.
Don't just work for God. Work with God.
Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.
God is everywhere so you can pray anywhere.
To know God is to live. - Tolstoy
When fear knocks at your door, send faith to answer it, and you will find there's no one there.
Faith is simply trusting in God when life gives you reasons not to.
Never be afraid to entrust an unknown future to an ALL-knowing God.
God may conceal the purpose of His ways, but His ways are not without purpose.
God's call to a task includes His strength to complete it.
God is too big, to settle for so little.
Christian homes don't just happen -- they're built.
God cares about details. If you comb out some hairs in the morning, the record in Heaven is changed.
God's promises are like the stars: the darker the night, the brighter they shine.
We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts. - George Whitefield
When life gets tough, toughen your faith.
If all the hell a Christian has to experience is here on earth, then things aren't so bad after all. If all the heaven a lost person experiences is here on earth, then that is really sad. Sheila Greene, North Carolina.
Here are a number of quotes written and submitted by Stuart Singer:It is a terrible responsibility to own a bible.The good news is only good news to people who hear it before they die.Don't just pray continually and not move in the direction God is telling you.We forget God when we are strong.What is so wrong with you that God couldn't use you?When the Omniscient God asks you a question, it is not because he is seeking information.True faith is to have confidence in who God is.You cannot please God without faith.The goal of your life must be love, not power. Then he will give you power to love with.Don't give up because the pain is intense right now. Get on with it, and before long you will find that you have a new vision and a new purpose.- HELL REALLY DOES EXIST!- Know anyone who might be going there?- Why not say something to them?This ends the quotes by Stuart Singer.
It is good to speak to man about God. It is even better to speak to God about Man.Submitted by Joe Cory
No Jesus, no peace. Know Jesus, know peace.
If God gave to us as we give to Him what would we have?
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The order of priority in living a life of JOY is:J = JesusO = OthersY = Yourself
J - Jesus firstO - Others secondY - Yourself last
Faith = Forsaking All In Trusting HIM
Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but a taking God at His Word. - Evans
If you worry why pray. If you pray, why worry.
How many times do we miss God's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?
Exercise your faith; walk with the Lord.
You will never be in the wrong place when you’re in the center of God’s will.
He who plans on making it to Heaven had better read the map.
Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift from God and that is why we call it the present.
Prayer will do a lot of things for us. Worry will do a lot of things to us.
You cannot convince anyone that Jesus loves them, until you are willing to love them too.
GOD'S REDEMPTION AT CHRIST'S EXPENSE
When we come to the end of ourselves that's where God will begin.
If you’re looking up to God you won’t be looking down on people.
The true test of a saint's life is not successfulness but faithfulness.
FAITH is not believing that God can. It is knowing that He will.
Give God the Glory, The No. 1 answer to the No. 1 killer, SIN! - Submitted by Ruthann Barci
Whether I live today or die today, either way I live tomorrow! - Andrew Springer
God answers all prayers! He answers yes, no, and wait! - Andrew Springer
Jesus came to save us FROM our sins, not leave us in them.
The reason we don't talk to our friends about God is because we don't talk to God about our friends.
Faith is not a leap into the dark, but a step into the light.
There is always enough time to do God's will.
Give your all to Christ, who gave His all for you.
If you keep in step with God, you'll be out of step with the world.
The Bible is not meant merely to inform, but to transform.
Spiritual victory comes only to those who are prepared for battle.
Work well done for Christ will receive a "well done" from Christ.
Confession of sin is not an admission of weakness, but a sign of strength.
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, but faith looks up.
If you give to people, you will receive from the Lord. - Jonathan Entwistle, England
Satan draws circles, God draws lines. - Jonathan Entwistle, England
Worry ends where faith begins.
For the child of God, death is when the earth recedes and heaven opens up.
Prayer should be the first resource, not the last resort.
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. -Corrie Ten Boom-
Peace is the presence of power not the absence of trouble.
We all have enough strength to bear someone else's burden.
You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God.
God's work done in God's way never lacks God supplies.
Faith is not real until it is all that you hold onto.
No man stumbles when he is on his knees.
Many church members are neatly starched and ironed, but they've never been washed! - Rev. Harry T. Smith
The heart is happiest when it beats for others.
I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future!
Some people do the best they can and then leave the rest up to God when they should be giving it all to God, and then doing the best they can. - Bronwyn Ashcroft
Heaven is a one way ticket. If you get halfway, you didn't make it.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
We've never really given anything to the Lord until we've given Him our all.
Providence: what some people refer to as "accidental".
The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. - Martha Washington
Without God the End is hopeless but with God there is endless hope
Each of us has the ability to lighten another's load.
Service is not spelled serve-us.
God's will should be our highest priority, not an option.
Lay any burden on me, Lord, only sustain me.Sever any tie, but the tie that binds me to Thyself. - David Livingstone
You can better understand the 23rd Psalm when you are acquainted with The Shepherd.
God said it, I believe it, that settles it!
We received the following email on the above quote. This person wrote:The quote that reads, "God said it, I believe it, that settles it!" should really read: "God said it ..... that settles it!" It really doesn't matter if I believe it or not!
God will take us through if we will stand the pull.
We take for granted the things for which we should be giving thanks.
The bread of life never goes stale.
You can't hide from God by missing church.
When a Christian is in the wrong place his right place is empty.
There are no impossible cases with God... His Grace is sufficient for all.
Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
Those who walk with God always reach their destination.
It is my hearts desire that I must be NO more, that He be KNOWN more. (Saheed B. Olalekan)
Here is a note from Saheed: "This quote is my life statement. I arrived at that after much prayer. I was once a Moslem. Now Jesus is in His right place in my life. In Christ alone is it worth living.
God specializes in things thought impossible.
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
God not only orders our steps but He orders our stops.
Did it ever occur to you that nothing occurs to God?
Happiness is in Heaven, but the joy is in the journey
It rains on the just and the unjust.
The power of God is not magnified in success or failure but rather in the hearts and loving actions of His people.
DisAppointments are often His Appointments.
Doubt sees the obstacles whereas faith sees the way.
God never closes a door without opening a window.
Nothing lies beyond the reach of prayer, EXCEPT that which lies outside the will of God. - Rev. Harry T. Smith
There are no accidents with God.
Thank God for what you have. Trust God for what you need.
Who can measure the love of a mother? Only God!
Circumstances are just raw material out of which God makes character and strength and virtue.
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservations. - Elton Trueblood
Peace is the presence of power, not the absence of trouble. - Rev. Armen O. Rhoads
If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy. - Robert Harris
You cannot out give God.
God's Word is just as accurate as His works are. You can set your clock by His sun, and you can charter your course by His Word.
The greatest message ever heard came from an empty tomb.
Never ask God to bless what His word calls sin. (Alene Hawkins)
Don't doubt in the darkness what you knew to be true in the light. (Alene Hawkins)
The path of duty is the path of glory.
Is what your living for worth Christ dying for?
How who fears God has nothing to fear.
The most powerful position on earth is kneeling before the Lord of the universe.
One cannot build a church with stumbling blocks.
One cannot spell church without U.
The church must always be in exodus.
All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. (Edmund Burke)
Wonder is the basis of worship.
Put your creed in your deed.
Those who walk with God won't run from people's needs.
It is good to be a Christian and you know it, but it is better to be a Christian and show it!
You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God. (Kathryn Souza-Wine)
If no one ever had a need, we'd never see a miracle.
What I can do, plus what God can do, equals enough.
Nails could not have kept Jesus on the cross had love not held Him there.
Faith makes all things possible, NOT easy.
Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.- Helen Keller
He came to pay a debt He didn't owe because we owed a debt we couldn't pay.
Y2K got you worried? The Y2K solution is: Yield 2 (the) King
A mother's love gives us our first glimpse of heaven.
Our hearts are restless until they find rest in God
Christ is the only third party in marriage who can make it work.
The puzzles of life will one day be seen from another viewpoint and from there we shall see how each piece was fitted together with absolute perfection.
Stay within whispering distance... if you stray, you won't hear His voice.
The only limits to God's grace are the limits we put on it.
Many who say "Our Father" on Sunday spend the rest of the week acting like orphans.
Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to God.
Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. (Charles Dickens)
Even when things don't go as we plan, God still has a plan for us.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
Hell has no exits.Heaven needs none.
Prayer is the key to Heaven, but faith unlocks the door. (Mosie Lister)
Trials are the food of faith.
No one is hopeless who hopes in God.
Little is much when God is in it!
Never try to carry tomorrow's burdens with today's grace.
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)
Reading the Bible without meditating on it is like trying to eat without swallowing.
God's love for us is not a love that always exempts us from trials, but rather, a love that always sees us through trials.
God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability. (Mary Kay Ash)
In God's service, our greatest ability is our availability.
If you really love Jesus, you won't be flirting with the Devil.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Faith helps us when we are down;but unbelief throws us down when we are up. (John Bunyan)
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them.
Is what you're living for, worth dying for?
Work becomes worship when done for the Lord.
Faith is often strengthened right at the place of disappointment. (Rodney McBride)
Jesus did not come to make God's love possible, but to make God's love visible.
Life is fragile ... handle with prayer.
Confess your sins, not your neighbors.
The mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration. A saint is not a man without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God. (W. T. Richardson)
The chain of a mother's prayer can link her child to God.
Blessings hemmed with praise will not unravel.
A day hemmed in prayer seldom unravels.
He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.
God's work must be done in God's way.
God loves us not because of who we are, but because of who He is.
Faith keeps the one who keeps the faith.
Definition of a Christian -- Under New Management
God tries our faith so that we may try His faithfulness.
Prayer moves the hand that moves the world.
Where the will of God leads you, the Grace of God will keep you.
Sometimes the Lord calms the storm;Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.
Prayer will put backbone where your wishbone is.
He who is not contented with what he has would not be contented with what he would like to have.
If we meet and you forget me, you have lost nothing;But if you meet Jesus Christ and forget Him, you have lost everything.
Food for the soul uses no calories!
The center of church must be located outside the church.
There are four kinds of church members: the tired, tireless, tiresome and retired.
God made two kinds: those that have and those that need.
Some would rather build a temple than be one.
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. (William Temple)
Go from "leave world to join church" to "enter world and be church".
Worship reminds us of values the world makes us forget.
In perplexities -- when we cannot tell what to do, when we cannot understand what is going on around us -- let us be calmed and steadied and made patient by the thought that what is hidden from us is not hidden from Him. (Frances Ridley Havergal)
All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." (Holmes)
...open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. Acts 26:17-18
"You were prescribed and then presented to this world exactly as God arranged it." (from "Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life")
One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the quiet confidence that God is in control - without the need to understand why He does what He does. (from "Starting Over")
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. Ps 115:3 NIV
Give according to your income, lest God make your income according to your giving.
A Christian should be IN the world and yet not OF the world. How can this be? Consider the fish who, though he lives in the salty sea, does not taste salty.
Vision that looks inward becomes duty.Vision that looks outward becomes aspiration.Vision that looks upward becomes faith
Someone has said, "A brook would lose its song if God removed the rocks."
The richest chords require some black keys.
Better the storm with Christ than smooth waters without Him.
The love of God is like the Amazon River flowing down to water one daisy.
When God puts a period, do not change it to a question mark.
"It's a good thing God chose me before I was born,because he surely would not have afterwards." (C.H. Spurgeon)
A Christ-centered life is like a good watch: open face, busy hands, pure gold, and full of good works.