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I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives?
The message of the Bible is not about God in Heaven who wants to take from you. It's about God who wants to give to you.
You've got to do some work now. Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue. Virtue is about moral excellence.
Salvation is all about the grace of God. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to save yourself or earn God's favor.
The world says love yourself, grab all you can, follow your heart. Jesus says deny yourself, grab your cross and follow me.
Our lack of intimacy is due to our refusal to unplug and shut off communication from all others so we can be alone with Him.
Be careful not to turn others' lives into the mold for your own...we have a # God who is a # Creator not a # Duplicator .
Trying harder doesn’t work for me. Slowly I’ve learned to pray for God’s help and He has become my greatest love and desire.
Some of you are sitting at home saying, 'I don't need a church to love God,' and I am here telling you that you are so wrong.
There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.
...I don't have to worry about not meeting His expectations. God will ensure my success in accordance with His plan, not mine.
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.
In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him.
"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?
The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.
God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.
Jesus didn't say that if you wanted to follow Him you could do it in a lukewarm manner. He said, 'Take up your cross and follow Me.'
He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.
God is the only true Giver, and He needs nothing from us. But still He wants us. He gave us life so that we might seek and know Him.
There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?
Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly.
It's much less demanding to think about God's will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes.
Our lives should be more than just focusing on our marriage but on focusing our marriage toward what God's mission is for us as a couple.
The God who loans you life sees your every move, hears each word you speak, knows your every thought. You are seen by God. Noticed. Known.
I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them.
God has given you this good stuff so that you can show the world a person who enjoys blessings, but who is still totally obsessed with God.
Worry implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives.
My existence was not random, nor was it an accident. God knew who He was creating, and He designed met for a specific work. [Ephesians 2:10]
From start to finish, this movie is obviously about God. He is the main character. How is is possible that we live as though it is about us?
The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing.
When we love God because we feel we should love Him, instead of genuinely loving out of our true selves, we have forgotten who God really is.
Yes, it is God who works in you. And, yes, there is work for you to do. Yes, the Spirit empowers you to do the work. And, yes, you do the work.
Churches we build only by our own efforts and not in the strength of the Spirit will quickly collapse when we don't push and prod people along.
In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord.
Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.
It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.
A person who is obsessed is characterized by committed, settled, passionate love for God, above and before every other thing and every other being.
People who are obsessed with Jesus give freely and openly without censure. Obsessed people love those who hate them and who can never love them back.
People who are obsessed with Jesus do not consider service a burden. Obsessed people take joy in loving God by loving His people (Mt 13:44)(Jn 15:8).
Can you worship a God who isn't obligated to explain His actions to you? Could it be your arrogance that makes you think God owes you an explanation?
A relationship with God simply cannot grow when money, sins, activities, favorite sports teams, addictions, or commitments are piled up on top of it.
Lukewarm people will serve God and others, but there are limits to how far they will go or how much time, money, and energy they are willing to give.
Making disciples isn’t about gathering pupils to listen to your teaching. The real focus is not on teaching people at all–the focus is on loving them.
Being around a church culture, even leading a gathering of believers, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what's going to happen in a church service.
One of my biggest fears - maybe my biggest weakness as a Christian - is that I have a hard time going up to a stranger and talking to them about Jesus.
Our God listens to us. Our God is a living God. He's not a block of wood you made up that's not going to answer you. My God listens to me. He answers me.
But hey, if that’s too much to ask, tell them to just become Christians—you know, the people who get to go to heaven without having to commit to anything
I’ve got this amazing relationship with God that is better than life, itself, so marvelous, so wonderful that everything else can fall apart and I’m okay.
We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.
Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, our lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control.