Craig Groeschel Quotes - Page 2

Obedience is our responsibility. The outcome is God's responsibility. As we learn to trust him with our future, trust him with those we love, trust him as our provider, and trust his sovereign plan, that gives us the foundation to step out in faith. We can trust that he'll always be faithful.

When it comes to your marriage, if the grass looks greener somewhere else, it's time to water your own yard!

If your character is not strengthening, your future is weakening.

Failure is an event, not a person. You are NOT a failure!

Envy is when you resent God's goodness in other people's lives and ignore God's goodness in your own life.

Rather than just reacting to the waves of things that come, ride them with deliberate intention.

Don't insult God with safe living and small thinking.

Don’t worry when you meet opposition for obeying God. Worry when you don’t have opposition, because you’re probably not obeying God.

When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repentance means to stop going one direction (your own way) and turn toward the right direction (God's way). Your past may be a part of who you are, but it certainly doesn't have to define your future. Or if you feel stuck and unable to change directions and move toward God, think of this transformation another way. The Bible says that God is the Potter and we are his clay (Jer. 18:2-6).

The problem is that many bitter people don't know they are bitter. since they are so convinced that they are right, they can't see their own wrong in the mirror. And the longer the root of bitterness grows, the more difficult it is to remove.

Reputation shows who people think you are. Character shows who you really are.

When you accept the fact that your true identity includes being an overcomer, you will never settle for less than a miracle.

Don't worry when you're being persecuted for God, worry when you're not.

Offer God what you have and trust Him to give you what you need.

The things we worry about the most are the hints we trust God with the least.

If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.

It's almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.

If your vision doesn’t compel, move or stir people, your vision is too small.

All people end up somewhere in life, but few end up there on purpose.

Your prayer for someone may or may not change them, but it always changes YOU.

The key to success in any organization is identifying, developing, and empowering the right people.

If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.

If the Devil can’t make us really bad, then he’ll try to make us really busy.

True loyalty is proven not proclaimed.

Our greatest priority as Christian parents is to gradually transfer our children's dependence away from us until it rests solely on God.