Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Favorite Quotes

"Nothing is so deadening to the divine, as an habitual dealing with the outsides of holy things." - George MacDonald

"O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life." - Francis of Assisi

"Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint is not to a principle but to the divine life. It is easier to be an excessive fanatic than it is to be consistently faithful, because God causes an amazing humbling of our religious conceit when we are faithful to Him." ~ Oswald Chambers

“Let God’s promises shine on your problems.” – Corrie ten Boom

“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile” – Max Lucado

“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

“Relying on God has to start all over everyday, as if nothing has yet been done.” – C. S. Lewis

“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” – Mother Teresa

“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

 “God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character.” – Rick Warren

“Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong.” – Watchmen Nee

“You should be courageous, not because of who you are and what you’ve done, but because of who God is and what He has done!” – Wayne A. Mack

 “Remembering the goodness of God in the past, will help us in seasons where it’s harder to see Him.” – Esther Fleece

“My entire theology can be condensed into four words. Jesus died for me.” ― C.H. Spurgeon

“So keep your faith in the God above, and faith in the righteous truth, it shall bring you back to the absent love, and the joys of a vanished youth.” – Edgar A Guest

“Don’t be a fool. Recognize your dependence on God. As the days become dark and the nights become dreary, realize that there is a God who rules above.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them.” — Elisabeth Elliot

“Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one.” — A.W. Tozer

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Corrie Ten Boom

"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

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us” - Augustine

"God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go."  - Tony Evans

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

"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.

"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter." - Francis Chan

"If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!" - D.L. Moody

"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 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

"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

"Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one" - A.W.Tozer

“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