Mark Hart Quotes

Rules for today: 1) Pray 2) Laugh 3) Repeat. The only reason to take this life too seriously is if it's your only one.

You don't become a saint by comparing yourself to a sinner.

If true love were only about feelings, Jesus would have been hugged to death for our redemption. Thank God for His cross this and every day.

It is in our darkest cultures that the greatest saints rise, stand, and lead.

Friday and Saturday nights have a funny way of revealing what we really believe on Sunday mornings.

Gray and overcast from my earthly perspective, but it's sunny above these storm clouds. Grace lets us see life from God's point of view.

The man who built the manger had a purpose in mind... God had another. You'll never know how far reaching God's plan is for your work.

You can't do God's will and satisfy everyone.

Instead of loving the Trinity of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), we tend to love a different trinity: Me, myself, and I.

If Jesus didn't rise from the dead, an even greater miracle happened: 12 relatively uneducated guys changed the world and were martyred to protect a lie.

"Love one another": No command is simpler; no command more difficult.

Great morning prayer is like marinating in the Holy Spirit.

Your faith is measured by how well you love those who can't stand you.

It's easier not to love. Beware of the easy path this day.

The Church needs more people willing to wash feet, not just point out they're dirty or complain that they smell.

You can usually tell by the look on someone's face if they woke up counting their problems or their blessings.

Don't make Christ ride shotgun.

If you want to love God better, hate sin more.

Laziness in prayer is like handing the devil a key to your house.

People with a lot of theological study and no prayer life are dangerous... and not in a good way.

If the heart is hardened, the intellect is darkened.

It's one of the greatest comforts of working in ministry: the unspoken certitude that your spouse did not marry you for your money.

Life's too short not to tell the people you love how you feel. Say it... and say it often. Oh, and start with God.

Married couples, may we never forget that when attacks come the grace of the sacrament is eternally stronger than we are.

A homeless man standing at the off-ramp: the question in these moments isn't whether Jesus is in Him, but in me.

What annoys us most in other people is oftentimes the same area God wants us to grow in ourselves.

Never complain about growing old... Some never have the privilege.

It's funny how the closer you get to God, the more you realize how far you are from Him.

Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.

If you want to live as a Christian, get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

What did all the saints have in common? They feared sin more than even physical death.

A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.

It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.

Teacher: "If your daughter knew her spelling words as well as her Bible stories she'd get into Harvard." Me: "I'll settle for Heaven."

We can't experience all that Heaven has to offer until we renounce all that the world offers in its place.

The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.

If I were as good at praying as I am at not praying I'd be really holy.

God has a plan for you today: one designed to help get you to Heaven.

God doesn't desire our worship because He is egocentric. He desires it because we are.

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home."

Courage doesn't mean we're not afraid. Courage means we refuse to be mastered by fear.

Oh, how much holier the world would be if more people invoked their right to remain silent.

It breaks my heart when couples focus more on being wed than being married. Two become one doesn't happen without work, humility, and sacrifice.

Honestly, I don't think Victoria has too many Secrets left... might be time to prayerfully consider a name change.

The following is a phrase we don't hear enough but that I sincerely mean (and our culture needs to hear more often): I love being married.

Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up.

If we could see, even for a split second, the depths of God's love for us - all we'd want to do is worship and prayer would never seem a chore.

Sometimes we forget that sin really is optional.

Much of Satan's time is spent trying to make you remember what God has already forgotten. Reconcile, rejoice, and look forward.