Quotes by Pastors - Page 40

God can turn everything that seems negative in our life around and make it positive, for our good
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When God begins his good works it is difficult to hold on, if you are in a passive position
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When you face tests and persecution don’t complain, but remember that everything works together for good for those who love God
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Instead of having just good intentions that are me-centered,you can have God intentions that are God-centered. And when God puts something into you, you can be certain it will come to pass.
Craig Groeschel
The gospel of becoming a good believer limits the pursuit of God
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Miracle centered gospels do more damage than good to the listeners and nation.
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I can promise you this: If you really, sincerely, genuinely want God back, He hasn't moved. He's still there, just like always, ready to bear-hug you again, just like in the old days.
Craig Groeschel
God created you for His higher purpose and for your better good
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The woman, who is not the wife, has no right to receive the seed of the man, because it is the man and not the woman, who has to bear the responsibility for his seed.
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In some cases we neglect our health, because we were never told about its value.
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To establish principles of her kingdom is to function In Optimal Health
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An affected health has come in contact with worry
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To obey the principles of kingdom is to enjoy full and whole health
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For indeed, grace is the key to it all. It is not our lavish good deeds that procure salvation, but God's lavish love and mercy. That is why the poor are as acceptable before God as the rich. It is the generosity of God, the freeness of his salvation, that lays the foundation for the society of justice for all. Even in the seemingly boring rules and regulations of tabernacle rituals, we see that God cares about the poor, that his laws make provision for the disadvantaged. God's concern for justice permeated every part of Israel's life. It should also permeate our lives.
Timothy J. Keller
What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
Adrian Rogers
Justice in a fallen world is not equality of outcome but equal treatment under a fair law.
Kevin DeYoung
Thankfully, God has shown us that hope, in its million different forms, always springs from three primary colors: justice, mercy, and love.
Richard Dahlstrom
Justice suffers when men refuse to stand firm for what is right. If we don’t fight lawlessness, it prevails. If we don’t establish the truth in our nations, truth becomes foreign in the country. God says there is no man when there is nobody who stands for the truth.
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Justice suffers when men refuse to stand firm for what is right.
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I therefore submit to you that what qualifies a person to be called a man according to God, is the ability of the individual to live by the right standard and values that heaven values. Standards like, justice, judgement, truth and equity.
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Each and every one of us was created to carry out justice, judgment, truth and equity on the earth. It could be in different spheres of life, in various professions or in diverse gifting
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If he is a God of justice, people must see his justice on earth
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Did you see any of those who are downtrodden, would that justice help them? Anyone oppressed and suppressed around you take a decision, make plans, strategize, to begin to proclaim and establish justice in your world.
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. . . we are all giving our lives away--the only question is, to what? We spend ourselves on television, money, power, sex, leisure, adventure, and fame. They are a bad investment. If we look for life by spending ourselves here, we look in vain.
Ken Wytsma
Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum qtd. in Halter)
Ken Wytsma
We may not choose apathy, but when we choose anything other than love and empathetic justice, we get apathy by default.
Ken Wytsma
At the end of the day--of almost any day, regardless of what we have done or left undone--apathy tells us that it's perfectly acceptable to live with illusions of our own justice.
Ken Wytsma
A subtle reason for apathy is that justice rarely has much to do with our lives. Unless we've personally been victims of injustice, we can take for granted that life is generally fair.
Ken Wytsma
Apathy is sustainable only as long as injustice doesn't harm us--and we don't care that it's harming others. Apathy lasts only until injustice knocks on our door, and we're forced to look into its eyes.
Ken Wytsma
Injustice is a cold, unrelenting reality. It can be tempting for us to use our comfort to ignore injustice or rationalize it away. But God would have us join His work.
Ken Wytsma
Underneath all notions of justice is a set of faith assumptions that are essentially religious, and these are often not acknowledged.
Timothy J. Keller
We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator.
Francis Chan
God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors, and blemishes. But He also sees our value. What did Jesus know that enabled Him to do what He did? Here’s part of the answer: He knew the value of people. He knew that each human being is a treasure. And because He did, people were not a source of stress, but a source of joy.
Max Lucado
True Success adds value to others
Todd Stocker
Salvation is the most important thing that a person has and the devil knows very well what its value is.
Sunday Adelaja
The value of a person’s life may not be determined on the basis of his material standing.
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Most of the deaths before seventy years old in our world, could actually be prevented if the various individuals had only treated their lives with more caution and sense of value.
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The fundamental tragedy about life is that those who possess it often are not aware of its value.
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That lack of value sense would deprive a person from a protective instinct.
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The fundamental tragedy about life is that those who possess it often are not aware of its value
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Girls dropping out of school because of early and unwanted pregnancies. The reason? They did not realize the value they possess in their body.
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If you give a five thousand dollar diamond ring to a two year old child, sooner or later, that child is going to lose the treasure. Even though you could have meant well, yet the child would misplace the diamond. It is obvious because that child doesn't know the value of a diamond ring.
Sunday Adelaja
Another consequence of not knowing the value of what you possess in this case the value of life is that, there would be some other people around you that will better understand what you possess.
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When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.
Kris Vallotton
God wants to make us understand and draw our attention to how important it is to learn to value one another
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The ambiance of every environment in a country is the value system of the given nation. It is that culture that influences how citizens of a nation react, respond and behave among themselves in regards to politics, commerce, family and social life.
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From our primary schools to secondary schools, to tertiary institutions, there must be a mass campaign to educate our people in the value of labour.
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Recognition of the value of time, the change in our attitude to time, time management and time consciousness translate into economic growth or increase in GDP.
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When we possess something without knowing its value, we abuse it.
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Too many people die early, either tragically or natural death, because they did not treat their lives with any sense of value.
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Most people do not take care of their lives, because they don’t value life
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There is simply nothing of comparable value to life.
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When we don’t see the value of a thing, we don’t put the protective edge.
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When we as human beings, are trusted with life, but lack the value thereof, we are only left with one thing – abuse!
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Our people must be taught to desist from accepting bribes. The ability to say NO, must become a core value of our nation
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It is almost an unbearable pain, to suddenly recognize the value of what you had being ignorant of which had been your possession.
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To possess something and not know its value is torturous
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Most people do not take care of their lives, because they don’t value life.
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If you want to know the value of a month, ask a pregnant woman, if a month matters in her pregnancy.
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If you want to know the value of a minute ask the person who came to the train station or airport a minute late.
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