Quotes by Pastors - Page 37

Where are there lots of colors, Colton?" "In Heaven, Dad. That's where all the rainbow colors are!
Todd Burpo
Choose life, choose to be happy and make somebody smile.
Ray S. Jones
A happy birthday is measured not in the amount of gifts one gets, but in the amount one is loved.
Todd Stocker
The happy life is impossible without finding an answer to the question “why am I here? What am doing here?
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God cannot be happy when we ignore such issues as crime, corruption, alcoholism and child neglect
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The devil sweeps people away by deceiving them, showing them a happy life only in the movies
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It Is Impossible For Anyone To Live Independently Of The Kingdom Of God And Be Truly Happy
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The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
Craig Groeschel
A man cannot be aware of his destination without the help of his creator
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Made as we were in the image of God we scarcely find it strange to take again our God as our All. God was our original habitat and our hearts cannot but feel at home when they enter again that ancient and beautiful abode.
A.W. Tozer
The emphasis of the churches were not in how much work or home keeping is done in the four walls of the church itself, they rather told the Protestants to go prove their love to God at their work places through the quality of their works
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One works hard to prop up an illusion that sucks the life out of them, and the other works hard to make their home a place that restores them, nurtures them, and gives life to others.
Craig Groeschel
The absence of conditions for self-realization in a country, region and community leads to stagnation, social and economic crisis
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Until you realize who you are, you will not be able to start living the life you are intended to live
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If a man realizes who he is, he will not be envious of others or condemn them because he knows his own value, uniqueness and peculiar contribution
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A human should realize himself and be responsible for himself if he wants to become the true person he is to be
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Life is something like a doctor's prescription: taken alone, and the ingredients might kill you; but properly blended, they bring healing.
Warren W. Wiersbe
The only people who really think they have seen something new are those whose experience is limited or whose vision can't penetrate beneath the surface of things. Because something is recent, they think it is new; they mistake now the for originality.
Warren W. Wiersbe
The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.
James MacDonald
As missional leaders we need to see God as:Bigger than the problems we endure.Bigger than the pressures we experience.Bigger than the people who criticize us.Bigger than the pain we suffer.Bigger than the praise we receive.Bigger than the pride in our hearts.
Gary Rohrmayer
...we think so much about the present and so little about eternity that we turn eternity into nothing and nothing into eternity.
Mark Batterson
Peace produces a proper perspective.
Todd Stocker
The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine.
Kevin DeYoung
The net that catches me when I confront traumatic events is that 10,000 years from now, they will be a reason for rejoicing.
Matt Chandler
Institutions and cultures are not immortal. Humans, Christian and non-Christian, are. Compared to us, our country is a gnat.
Matt Chandler
Death is a mirror that gives us a glimpse of who we really are.Death is a rearview mirror that puts the past into perspective.
Mark Batterson
A distorted perspective of mankind is a terrible independence
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The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.
Timothy J. Keller
What has defined our faith since the beginning is open-ended gladness.
Matt Chandler
Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.
Randy Alcorn
The value we place on what we've been given correlates to our depth of gratitude for it.
Todd Stocker
In spite of his painful encounters with the world and its problems, Solomon does not recommend either pessimism or cynicism. Rather, he admonishes us to be realistic about life, accept God's gifts and enjoy them. He advises us to trust God and enjoy what we do have rather than complain about what we don't have.
Warren W. Wiersbe
we take some big miracles for granted. We're on a planet that's spinning at a thousand miles per hour, traveling through space and we don't worry about God keeping our planet in orbit. We already trust God for the big miracles like our heart beating and today alone, we'll take a thousand breaths, but can we trust Him in the smaller things?
Mark Batterson
Only those who are aware of God's wrath are amazed by God's grace.
C.J. Mahaney
What is the path to wholeness? We will see this path more clearly if we recognize that greed’s ugly stepsister is ungratefulness. Greed always wants more. When we are greedy, we are never satisfied. Whatever we receive from others, we conclude we deserve. And in whatever quantity it may come, it is never enough. Lack of gratitude is a manifestation of an abundance of greed. From the vantage point of the taker, it is his or her justification for always demanding. He is endlessly disappointed in others. No one ever comes through for him. No one ever keeps his promises. Everyone always falls short of his expectations. There is no need for thanks, except thanks for nothing. No truth, no matter how profound, will find its way into a heart that is absent of gratitude.
Erwin Raphael McManus
Gratitude is what you feel. Thanksgiving is what you do.
Timothy J. Keller
Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff...Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread.
Max Lucado
Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.
Erwin W. Lutzer
Gratitude is the ability to experience life as a gift. It liberates us from the prison of self-preoccupation.
John Ortberg
Liberty does not mean doing as you like, it means liking as you ought, and doing that.(From Slave)
John F. MacArthur Jr.
Lordship and rapport are the keys to save us from being combative and make us more attractive in spiritual conversations.
Gary Rohrmayer
In Eden, worship was not an event to attend, but a perpetual attitude.
Rick Warren
Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.
Erwin Raphael McManus
People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment.
Myles Munroe
You must decide if you are going to rob the world or bless it with the rich, valuable, potent, untapped resources locked away within you.
Myles Munroe
Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.
Myles Munroe
Being willing to listen to others and let them speak into our lives is a critical attitude leaders must have. It is not weakness to get good advice - it is strength to seek it out.
Wayde Goodall
When I have a wrong attitude, I look at life humanly. When I have a right attitude, I look at life divinely.
Charles R. Swindoll
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
Joel Osteen
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.
Charles R. Swindoll
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
Charles R. Swindoll
No matter what, its always an opportunity.
Todd Stocker
A defeatist attitude kills almost as many marriages as do affairs.
Gary L. Thomas
Jesus preached to crowds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people, in order to make only twelve of them into His disciples, He took time to work with each person individually
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If you go deeper into the details of your calling, finding out new things about it, seeking wisdom and understanding from God on it, this in itself will cause you to be successful. He that tills his land will be satisfied with bread.
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Start focusing your attention on the people that God puts you with, even if they hate you, even if they persecute you and speak bad things about you. Work with them and pray for them!
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We don't see the world as it is; we see the world as we are...if someone has a critical eye, they will always find something to be critical about. And if they have a grateful eye, they will find something to celebrate even in the worst of circumstances...Having a "good eye" in life changes how you see yourself and everything around you... your focus determines your reality.
Mark Batterson
A lot depends on the small things
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People who want to get everything all at once, usually end up getting nothing in life.
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Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not
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