Christian Quotes
I've come to view Jesus much the way I view Elvis. I love the guy but the fan clubs really freak me out.
If you imagine for a moment that I would do that, then I think you pretend that you don't know who I am. Hear it plainly. I am a Christian.
Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.
We never grow closer to God when we just live life. It takes deliberate pursuit and attentiveness.
Christians need never be sick, any more than they need to be sinful. It is always God's desire to heal you.
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Reading Christians are growing Christians. When Christians cease to read, they cease to grow.
If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.
The heart and soul of the Christian life is learning to hear God's voice and then developing the courage to do what he asks us to do.
We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.
There are three great truths, 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That He has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That He means what He says.
If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.
The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.
There is only one reality. That reality is God. The soul of man must contact God, and unless the spirit of man is truly joined to God, there is no such thing as real Christian manifestation.
Immorality is just as bad now as it was in the past. The difference is that now we flaunt it. It used to be done in secret, but now it is done in the open.
No totalitarian authority nor authoritarian state can tolerate those who have an absolute by which to judge that state and its actions. The Christians had that absolute in God's revelation.
Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.
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.
A bruised heart that chooses to beat with a passion for God amid pulsing pain and confusion may just be the most expensive offering placed on the divine altar.
Someday, when in the presence of our Savior, we will thank Him for every burden, every trial, and every heartache.
God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.
Don't wait until the moment of crisis. Plan ahead, hide God's Word in your heart, and pray in advance for victory, holiness, and a life pleasing to God.
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
It cannot be denied that too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful and against the weak and oppressed-this, despite the gospel.
The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.
At the rate America is decaying morally, we shall have to change our national symbol from an eagle to a vulture.
Christians, like snowflakes, are frail, but when they stick together they can stop traffic.
Our bread is not only the Word of God, our meat is not only to do His will, our bread is also...the difficulties that are in our way.
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.
Take the very hardest thing in your life - the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.
Don't say that a loving God is going to send you to hell- He's not. The thing that's going to send you to hell is that you're a sinner and you don't want to admit it.
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
If you want to be respected for your actions, then your behavior must be above reproach. If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble, and trusted, this is recognized by others.
Christ did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
Everyone we meet is a hero waiting to happen. When Jesus saw people, He envisioned their potential. No respecter of persons, He associated with people from all walks of life.
The devil is not fighting religion. He´s too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it.