Quotes by Pastors - Page 19

The Word, the Gospel, creates not just people individually but A people collectively
Matt Chandler
God's glory is most majestically displayed not through you were through me, but through US. God raises up the Church, and says to all Creation in the heavens, on the Earth, and under the Earth, this is the bride and body of My Son, bought and purchased by His blood to be My people and receive My power, and enjoy My presence, and declare My praise forever and ever.
David Platt
God grows the Church through holiness in Christians.
David Platt
The call of community isn't about finding people just like us, or at the exclusion of any people. Community in the biblical sense is clearly about unlike people finding Christ at the center of their inclusive life together. Thus, issues of community reflect powerful dynamics of how God brings very diverse people together for his glory and his witness in the world.
Hugh Halter & Matt Smay
Ever console or scold people hurt in human relationships that satisfaction comes from God alone? Stop. Adam's fellowship with God was perfect, and God Himself declared Adam needed other humans.
John Ortberg Jr.
The health of your marriage tomorrow will be determined by the decisions you make today.
Andy Stanley
We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.
Andy Stanley
None of us plan--or intend--to get into trouble. The problem is, we don't plan not to.
Andy Stanley
Make a decision to perform something great, something that requires skill, something special for the Kingdom of God.
Sunday Adelaja
Love that is founded on decision is stable and strong and it will endure any trial
Sunday Adelaja
Personal Responsibility is an act of being responsible for results and consequences of your decisions, actions and in-actions in a given situation or circumstance.
Sunday Adelaja
The decisions of citizens either in matters of private business or political life of the nation, are directly related to the prevailing value system of the nation
Sunday Adelaja
Lack of sound mind and judgement – the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions, is a matter of frustration and disillusionment to God
Sunday Adelaja
Bad decisions can pile up to make a wall between you and what God wants you to do.
Craig Groeschel
But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.
Andy Stanley
Dr. Neal Roese makes a fascinating distinction between two types of regret: regrets of action and regrets of inaction.
Mark Batterson
God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities.
Mark Batterson
God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time.
Mark Batterson
What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.
Mark Batterson
You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven.
Max Lucado
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That’s because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose.
Rick Warren
Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?” God’s seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.
Max Lucado
Though you see nothing, he is acting.
Max Lucado
When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you; he sees the One who surrounds you. That means that failure is not a concern for you. Your victory is secure.
Max Lucado
You also know you’re surrendered when you don’t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don’t edge others out, you don’t demand your rights, and you aren’t self-serving when you’re surrendered.
Rick Warren
Nobody can truely become a leader, unless he has performed feats for God. It is only possible to ascend to spiritual heights in the Kingdom of God, if you fully exert yourself.
Sunday Adelaja
Without longsuffering, it is impossible to be a successful leader.
Sunday Adelaja
When you become ministers, teach your people how to think independently without relying on you for instructions. Don't be a leader who tries to control people. Do not limit your people, but provide a creative environment for them to take the initiative
Sunday Adelaja
The pace of a leader determines the pace of his follower.
Sunday Adelaja
A leader should not be a dictator.
Sunday Adelaja
A leader should accurately discern deceit.
Sunday Adelaja
The level of a leader is determined by his sphere of influence
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Every leader will hit a series of plateaus in their lives. The key is not to say there, because settling on a plateau can easily lead to an elongated season of comfort. Being comfortable is one of the leader's worst enemies
Gary Rohrmayer
Lust and flirting are dangerous because at first they are not noticeable.
Sunday Adelaja
Without stories we end up with stereotypes -- a flat earth with flat cardboard figures that have no texture or depth, no INTERIOR.
Eugene H. Peterson
The more my brain was fed, the hungrier it became.
Kevin DeYoung
The Holy Spirit did not go into such detail about the Pharisees in the New Testament just so we could understand a group unique to the first century. Pharisaism is a poisonous weed that grows in every garden of orthodox religion. Pharisaism is every bit the threat to the orthodox today that it was then.
J.D. Greear
The more success a person has in life, the greater the danger of fornication can become.
Sunday Adelaja
Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication.
Sunday Adelaja
For the purpose of pursuit not to be stated is to invite threatening danger
Sunday Adelaja
There is a big evil and danger in miracle centered gospel.
Sunday Adelaja
The body is given to us by God for the fulfillment of His plan.
Sunday Adelaja
If the pulpit begins to propagate a faulty or erroneous value system, it ends up captivating the whole country, in no time like a cancer spreading throughout the body.
Sunday Adelaja
Whenever you see confusion, you can be sure that something is wrong. Disorder in the world implies that something is out of place. Usually, at the heart of all disorder you will find man in rebellion against God. It began in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day.
A.W. Tozer
Mankind Needs To Fit Into God’s Agenda So As To Fulfill Purpose
Sunday Adelaja
Kingdom laws are inherent to the native of mankind
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You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.
Eugene H. Peterson
God wants to use you in spite of your weaknesses. Of God chose to use perfect people only, He’d have no one to use
Joel Osteen
Isn't it interesting that all of the biblical prophets and psalmists were poets?
Eugene H. Peterson
Joy is only as satisfying as repentance is deep.
Nate Shurden
If you want to kill giants, hang around a giant killer. It rubs off.
Bill Johnson
Let's dare to do something so big that if God is not in it, we are doomed to fail.
Edmund Chan
The kingdom is not represented by an expression of religious traditions
Sunday Adelaja
To ask when the kingdom of God will come is to be religious
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Because He lives, I can face yesterday.
Jared C. Wilson
We will take a few moments and make fun of religious people, and we do this in love. No, we do, because we love to make fun of religious people.
Mark Driscoll
Jesus clearly viewed children as precious - and that if he loved kids enough to say that adults should be more like them, we should spend more time loving them too.
Todd Burpo
I Choose Love...No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness. I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.I Choose Joy...I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance. I will refuse the temptation to be cynical. I will refuse to see people as anything less than human beings, created by God. I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an opportunity to see God.I Choose Peace... I will live forgiven. I will forgive so I may live.I Choose Patience...I will overlook the inconveniences of the world. Instead of cursing the one who takes my place, I'll invite him to do so, Rather complain that the wait is to long, I will thank God for a moment to pray. Instead of clenching my fist at new assignments, I will face them with joy and courage.I Choose Kindness...I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for that is how God has treated me. I Choose Goodness...I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I accuse. I choose goodness.I Choose Faithfulness...Today I will keep my promises. My debtors will not regret their trust. My friends will not question my word. And my family will not question my love.I Choose Gentleness...Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it only be in praise. If I clench my fist, may it only be in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.I Choose Self-Control...I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. I choose self-control.Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace. And then when this day is done I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
Max Lucado
When a leader is at their limit the last thing they want to hear is that they need to change even more. Maintaining good rhythms of rest, exercise and fun create more energy for a leader to be willing and open for change.
Gary Rohrmayer
People waste life by wasting time.
Sunday Adelaja